Iolaus crawshayi

Iolaus crawshayi, the Crawshay's sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of moist savanna.

Iolaus crawshayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Iolaus
Species:
I. crawshayi
Binomial name
Iolaus crawshayi
(Butler, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
  • Argiolaus crawshayi Butler, 1901
  • Iolaus (Argiolaus) crawshayi
  • Argiolaus crawshayi elgonae Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
  • Argiolaus crawshayi littoralis Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
  • Iolaus (Argiolaus) crawshayi kalleb Koçak, 1996
  • Iolaus silas maureli Dufrane, 1954
  • Argiolaus crawshayi niloticus Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
  • Argiolaus crawshayi nyanzae Stempffer & Bennett, 1958

The larvae feed on the young leaves of Erianthemum dregei and Phragmanthera usuiensis. They are dull dirty whitish green or brown.

Subspecies
  • I. c. crawshayi (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)
  • I. c. elgonae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Kenya, Uganda)
  • I. c. littoralis (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Tanzania: east and inland to Moshi and Korogwe and south to Lindi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Kenya: eastern lowlands and inland to Makindu, the Kitui district and Mount Marsabit)
  • I. c. maureli Dufrane, 1954 (Ethiopia, southern Somalia, north-eastern Kenya)
  • I. c. niloticus (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Uganda: West Nile district)
  • I. c. nyanzae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Kenya: western highlands, Uganda: Jinja)

References
  1. Iolaus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina


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