Iolaus silanus, the three-tailed sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
| Iolaus silanus | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. silanus
|
| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus silanus Grose-Smith, 1889[1]
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
The larvae feed on Agelanthus subulatus and Agelanthus sansibarensis.
Subspecies
edit- Iolaus silanus silanus (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania)
- Iolaus silanus alticola (Stempffer, 1961) (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains)
- Iolaus silanus rondo (Congdon & Collins, 1998) (Tanzania)
- Iolaus silanus silenus (Hawker-Smith, 1928) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur and Lualaba)
- Iolaus silanus zanzibarica (Congdon & Collins, 1998) (Tanzania: Zanzibar)
References
edit- ^ Iolaus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
External links
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iolaus silanus.
Wikispecies has information related to Iolaus silanus.
 | This Theclinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |