Iolaus eurisus
Species of butterfly
Iolaus eurisus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Iolaus |
Species: | I. eurisus |
Binomial name | |
Iolaus eurisus (Cramer, 1779)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Iolaus eurisus, the royal sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests and disturbed and dry areas.
Adult males mud-puddle.
Subspecies
- Iolaus eurisus eurisus (Guinea: from Conakry eastwards, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop)
- Iolaus eurisus helius (Fabricius, 1781) (Senegal, western Guinea)
- Iolaus eurisus vexillarius Clench, 1964 (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko, Gabon)
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