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''Iolaus timon'', the Long-tailed Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina )〕 The habitat consists of forests. Adults of both sexes have been recorded feeding from the large yellow flowers of asteraceous plants and the flowers of ''Poinsettia'' species. The larvae feed on the flowers of ''Loranthus incanus'', ''Phragmanthera capitata'', ''Phragmanthera usuiensis'' and ''Phragmenthera polycrypta''. They are dull green. ==Subspecies== *''Iolaus timon timon'' (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo) *''Iolaus timon congoensis'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) (Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele, Kivu, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Kinshasa, Sankuru and Tanganika) *''Iolaus timon orientius'' Hulstaert, 1924 (Uganda, north-western Tanzania) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iolaus timon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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