''Iolaus sudanicus'', the Sudanian sapphire, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Senegal,
Burkina Faso, northern
Nigeria,
Niger,
Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...
, 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
Ethiopia.
The habitat consists of
Sudan savanna and the
Sahel
The Sahel (; ar, ساحل ' , "coast, shore") is a region in North Africa. It is defined as the ecoclimatic and biogeographic realm of transition between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian savanna to the south. Having a hot semi-arid c ...
.
The larvae feed on ''
Loranthus'' species.
References
Butterflies described in 1905
Iolaus (butterfly)
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