Iolaus mermis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Iolaus
- Species
- Iolaus mermis
- Scientific Name
- Iolaus mermis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Iolaus mermis
Iolaus mermis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1896. It is found in Kenya (from the coast to Meru) and Tanzania (from the northern coast to Amani). The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Helixanthera verruculosa, Oncella ambigua, Agelanthus sansibarensis and Agelanthus subulatus.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Argiolaus
- Iolaphilus kayonza
- Iolaphilus vansomereni
- Iolaus aelianus
- Iolaus aemulus
- Iolaus aethria
- Iolaus alcibiades
- Iolaus alienus
- Iolaus aphnaeoides
- Iolaus aurivillii
- Iolaus australis
- Iolaus bakeri
- Iolaus bamptoni
- Iolaus bansana
- Iolaus bellina
- Iolaus bilineata
- Iolaus bolissus
- Iolaus caesareus
- Iolaus carina
- Iolaus carolinae
- Iolaus crawshayi
- Iolaus creta
- Iolaus diametra
- Iolaus djaloni
- Iolaus eurisus
- Iolaus frater
- Iolaus glaucus
- Iolaus hemicyanus
- Iolaus iasis
- Iolaus ismenias
- Iolaus iturensis
- Iolaus jamesoni
- Iolaus julus
- Iolaus lalos
- Iolaus laon
- Iolaus laonides
- Iolaus likpe
- Iolaus lulua
- Iolaus maesa
- Iolaus menas
- Iolaus mermeros
- Iolaus mermis
- Iolaus mimosae
- Iolaus montana
- Iolaus nasisii
- Iolaus ndolae
- Iolaus newporti
- Iolaus obscura
- Iolaus obscurus
- Iolaus ofere
- Iolaus pallene
- Iolaus paneperata
- Iolaus penningtoni
- Iolaus poultoni
- Iolaus schultzei
- Iolaus scintillans
- Iolaus sciophilus
- Iolaus sidus
- Iolaus silarus
- Iolaus stenogrammica
- Iolaus stewarti
- Iolaus tajoraca
- Iolaus timon
- Iolaus trimeni
- Iolaus violacea
- Iolaus yalae