Iolaus penningtoni: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Iolaus
- Species
- Iolaus penningtoni
- Scientific Name
- Iolaus penningtoni
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Iolaus penningtoni
Iolaus penningtoni, the Pennington's sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. The habitat consists of savanna.
The larvae feed on the Helixanthera species H. kirkii and H. garciana. Young larvae feed on the flowers of their host plant.
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- Argiolaus
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- 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