Iolaus nolaensis
Species of butterfly
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Iolaus nolaensis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]
| Iolaus nolaensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Iolaus |
| Species: | I. nolaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Iolaus nolaensis | |
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The larvae feed on the Agelanthus species A. subulatus, A. sansibarensis, A. tanganyikae and A. scassellatii.
Subspecies
- Iolaus nolaensis nolaensis (Republic of the Congo: Haute Sangha)
- Iolaus nolaensis amanica (Stempffer, 1951) (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains, Zambia)
