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Iolaus silanus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Iolaus

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Iolaus silanus, the three-tailed sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Agelanthus subulatus and Agelanthus sansibarensis.

Subspecies

  • 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)

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