Iolaus creta

Iolaus creta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Iolaus
Species:	I. creta
Binomial name
	Iolaus creta; Hewitson, 1878
Synonyms
	Iolaus (Epamera) creta Hewitson, 1878; Epamera fuscomarginata Joicey and Talbot, 1921; Iolaus alberici Dufrane, 1945;

Iolaus creta, the blotched sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Tshopo and Kivu) and Uganda (western Bwamba).^[2] The habitat consists of forests.