Iolaus calisto
Iolaus calisto | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Iolaus |
Species: | I. calisto
|
Binomial name | |
Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)[1]
| |
Synonyms | |
|
Iolaus calisto, the large green sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, southern Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon and the Central African Republic.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
References
- ^ Iolaus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iolaus calisto.
Wikispecies has information related to Iolaus calisto.
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 67 e