''Iolaus arborifera'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
. It is found in the highlands of
Kenya
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The habitat consists of montane forests.
The larvae feed on ''
Englerina woodfordioides'' and ''
Loranthus freisiorum''.
References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 69''a''
Butterflies described in 1901
Iolaus (butterfly)
Endemic insects of Kenya
Butterflies of Africa
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