Iolaus bamptoni
Species of butterfly
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Iolaus bamptoni is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of degraded Acacia woodland.
| Iolaus bamptoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. bamptoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus bamptoni (Congdon & Collins, 1998)[1] | |
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Adults are on wing from January to May.
The larvae feed on Helixanthera tetrapartita.
