''Iolaus creta'', the blotched sapphire, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Nigeria (the
Cross River loop),
Cameroon,
Gabon, the
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Tshopo and Kivu) and
Uganda (western Bwamba).
The habitat consists of forests.
References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 68''f''
Butterflies described in 1878
Iolaus (butterfly)
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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