Iolaus neavei

Iolaus neavei
Horace Knight's illustration of a male accompanying Druce's description
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iolaus
Species:
I. neavei
Binomial name
Iolaus neavei
Synonyms
  • Epamera neavei H. H. Druce, 1910[2]
  • Iolaus (Epamera) neavei

Iolaus neavei, or Neave's sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[3] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Agelanthus krausei.

Subspecies

  • Iolaus neavei neavei (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele)
  • Iolaus neavei katera Talbot, 1937 (Uganda: west to the western shores of Lake Victoria and the Bwamba Valley, north-western Tanzania)

Etymology

The name honours Sheffield Airey Neave.

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku (September 6, 2018). "Iolaus neavei (Druce, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. ^ Druce, Hamilton H. (1910). "Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from tropical West Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1910 (1): 371–372; Pl. 35, Fig. 4. {{cite journal}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
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