Iolaus crawshayi

Iolaus crawshayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Iolaus
Species:	I. crawshayi
Binomial name
	Iolaus crawshayi; (Butler, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
	Argiolaus crawshayi Butler, 1901; Iolaus (Argiolaus) crawshayi; Argiolaus crawshayi elgonae Stempffer & Bennett, 1958; Argiolaus crawshayi littoralis Stempffer & Bennett, 1958; Iolaus (Argiolaus) crawshayi kalleb Koçak, 1996; Iolaus silas maureli Dufrane, 1954; Argiolaus crawshayi niloticus Stempffer & Bennett, 1958; Argiolaus crawshayi nyanzae Stempffer & Bennett, 1958;

Iolaus crawshayi, the Crawshay's sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of moist savanna.

The larvae feed on the young leaves of Erianthemum dregei and Phragmanthera usuiensis. They are dull dirty whitish green or brown.

Subspecies

I. c. crawshayi (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)
I. c. elgonae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Kenya, Uganda)
I. c. littoralis (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Tanzania: east and inland to Moshi and Korogwe and south to Lindi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Kenya: eastern lowlands and inland to Makindu, the Kitui district and Mount Marsabit)
I. c. maureli Dufrane, 1954 (Ethiopia, southern Somalia, north-eastern Kenya)
I. c. niloticus (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Uganda: West Nile district)
I. c. nyanzae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Kenya: western highlands, Uganda: Jinja)

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