Iolaus nasisii: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Iolaus
Species
Iolaus nasisii
Scientific Name
Iolaus nasisii

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Iolaus nasisii

Iolaus nasisii, the Nasisi sapphire or Zimbabwe yellow-banded sapphire, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the forest and savannah in the extreme north of Limpopo, north to Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia (Caprivi).

The wingspan is 26–28 mm for males and 27–29 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to March in South Africa. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the Tapinanthus species T. quinquagulus, T. dicrous, T. nyasicus, T. ceciliae, T. brunneus, T. subulatus and Oliverella rubroviridis.

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Iolaus nasisii in languages:

English
Zimbabwe Yellow-banded Sapphire