''Iolaus bansana'' 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
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
,
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
and
Kenya
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The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on ''
Englerina woodfordioides'' and ''
Oncocalyx fischeri
''Oncocalyx'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Its native range is Ethiopia to Southern Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَر ...
''.
Subspecies
*''Iolaus bansana bansana'' (Cameroon)
*''Iolaus bansana yalae''
(Riley, 1928) (western Kenya, eastern Uganda)
References
Butterflies described in 1926
Iolaus (butterfly)
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