Iolaus pollux

Updated on Dec 19, 2024

Edit

Comment

Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Iolaus
People also search for Iolaus sibella, Iolaus coelestis

Iolaus pollux, the Pollux sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Agelanthus krausei.

Subspecies

Iolaus pollux pollux (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Iolaus pollux albocaerulea (Riley, 1929) (Uganda, western Kenya, northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sankuru, Lualaba and Uele)

Iolaus pollux oberthueri (Riley, 1929) (Ivory Coast)

(Text) CC BY-SA