Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Iolaus | |
Similar Iolaus iulus, Iolaus timon, Iolaus mimosae, Iolaus | ||
Iolaus fontainei, the Fontaine's sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa and Uele), Uganda and north-western Tanzania.
The larvae feed on Tapinanthus erectotruncatus and Tapinanthus dependens.
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