Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Iolaus | |
Similar Iolaus iulus, Iolaus iasis, Iolaus timon, Iolaus | ||
Iolaus lukabas, the Druce's sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop) and Cameroon. The habitat consists of gallery forests and dry forest.
The larvae feed on the flowers of Loranthus incanus and Phragmanthera capitata. They are green and resemble the flowers on which they feed.
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