Species of butterfly
Iolaus menas
Seitz Fauna African Taf 67 (line d)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Iolaus
Species:
I. menas
Binomial name
Iolaus menas H. H. Druce, 1890[1]
Synonyms
Iolaus (Iolaphilus ) menas Iolaphilus menas tatiana d'Abrera, 1980
Iolaus menas blue savanna sapphire , is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.
The larvae feed on Loranthus species and Tapinanthus bangwensis .
^ Savela, Markku (September 6, 2018). "Iolaus menas Druce, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . Retrieved December 16, 2019 . ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-08-30 .
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Iolaus menas menas (Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, southern Sudan, Ethiopia) Iolaus menas...
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Stempffer, 1964 Iolaus alienus ugandae Stempffer, 1953 Iolaus scintillans Aurivillius, 1905 Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905 Iolaus pallene (Wallengren...
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tajoraca Walker, 1870 Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905 Iolaus menas Druce, 1890 Iolaus ismenias piaggiae Oberthür, 1883 Iolaus crawshayi maureli Dufrane...
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sciophilus (Schultze, 1916) Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905 Iolaus menas Druce, 1890 Iolaus iulus Hewitson, 1869 Iolaus parasilanus maesseni (Stempffer...
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fontainei Iolaus iasis Iolaus ismenias Iolaus iulus Iolaus laon Iolaus laonides Iolaus likpe Iolaus lukabas Iolaus maesa Iolaus mane Iolaus menas Iolaus paneperata...
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Hypolycaena philippus (Fabricius, 1793) Iolaus iasis Hewitson, 1865 Iolaus menas Druce, 1890 Iolaus lukabas Druce, 1890 Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851) Pilodeudorix...
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Aurivillius, 1905 Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905 Iolaus menas Druce, 1890 Iolaus iulus Hewitson, 1869 Iolaus ismenias (Klug, 1834) Iolaus calisto (Westwood...
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Iolaus alienus bicaudatus Aurivillius, 1905 Iolaus scintillans Aurivillius, 1905 Iolaus sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905 Iolaus menas Druce, 1890 Iolaus ismenias...
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1862) Iolaus pollux oberthueri (Riley, 1929) Iolaus sappirus (Druce, 1902) Iolaus scintillans Aurivillius, 1905 Iolaus menas Druce, 1890 Iolaus carolinae...
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Larsen, 2005 Iolaus menas Druce, 1890 Iolaus alcibiades Kirby, 1871 Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851) Iolaus mane Collins & Larsen, 2003 Iolaus timon (Fabricius...
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1910) Iolaus menas Druce, 1890 Iolaus schultzei Aurivillius, 1905 Iolaus gabunica gabunica (Riley, 1928) Iolaus gabunica mbami (Libert, 1993) Iolaus icipe...
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ertli Aurivillius, 1916 Iolaus umbrosa (Butler, 1886) Iolaus pallene (Wallengren, 1857) Iolaus menas tatiana (d'Abrera, 1980) Iolaus crawshayi crawshayi (Butler...
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1928) Iolaus tajoraca Walker, 1870 Iolaus trimeni Wallengren, 1875 Iolaus menas tatiana (d'Abrera, 1980) Iolaus henryi (Stempffer, 1961) Iolaus gabunica...
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Blotched sapphire (Iolaus creta) Yellow-banded sapphire (Iolaus diametra) Iolaus hemicyanus Iasis sapphire (Iolaus iasis) Ituri sapphire (Iolaus iturensis) Emerald...
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