Iolaus menas

Short description: Species of butterfly

Iolaus menas

Seitz Fauna African Taf 67 (line d)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Genus:  | Iolaus
Species:  |

I. menas

Binomial name
Iolaus menas

H. H. Druce, 1890[1]

Synonyms

* Iolaus (Iolaphilus) menas
* Iolaphilus menas tatiana d'Abrera, 1980

Iolaus menas, the blue savanna sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

The larvae feed on Loranthus species and Tapinanthus bangwensis.

## Subspecies

* Iolaus menas menas (Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, southern Sudan, Ethiopia)
* Iolaus menas tatiana (d'Abrera, 1980) (northern Uganda, northern Kenya)

## References

1. ↑ Savela, Markku (September 6, 2018). "Iolaus menas Druce, 1890". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/iolaus/#menas.
2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_iolaina.doc.

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* Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 67 d, g female var.

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