''Iolaus scintillans'', the scintillating sapphire, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Senegal,
Burkina Faso, northern
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
, northern
Ghana, northern
Nigeria,
Cameroon, southern
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
and northern
Uganda.
The habitat consists of very dry savanna.
The larvae feed on ''
Globimetula braunii
''Globimetula'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae
Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many ...
''.
References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 68''b'' and ''e''
Butterflies described in 1905
Iolaus (butterfly)
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