''Iolaus silanus'', the three-tailed sapphire, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Kenya,
Tanzania and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on ''
Agelanthus subulatus
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''Agelanthus'' is a genus of Afrotropical plants in family Loranthaceae. They grow in trees, including Acacia and Combretum species, as hemiparasitic shrubs of varying sizes. The host plant is penetrated by a single haustorium, and ...
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Agelanthus sansibarensis
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''Agelanthus'' is a genus of Afrotropical plants in family Loranthaceae. They grow in trees, including Acacia and Combretum species, as hemiparasitic shrubs of varying sizes. The host plant is penetrated by a single haustorium, and ...
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Subspecies
*''Iolaus silanus silanus'' (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania)
*''Iolaus silanus alticola''
(Stempffer, 1961) (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains)
*''Iolaus silanus rondo''
(Congdon & Collins, 1998) (Tanzania)
*''Iolaus silanus silenus''
(Hawker-Smith, 1928) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur and Lualaba)
*''Iolaus silanus zanzibarica''
(Congdon & Collins, 1998) (Tanzania: Zanzibar)
References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 68''h''
Butterflies described in 1889
Iolaus (butterfly)
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Henley Grose-Smith
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