Iolaus ismenias

Iolaus ismenias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Iolaus
Species:	I. ismenias
Binomial name
	Iolaus ismenias; (Klug, 1834)
Synonyms
	Lycaena ismenias Klug, 1834; Iolaus (Philiolaus) ismenias;

Iolaus ismenias, the white sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia.^[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.

The larvae feed on Loranthus species.

Subspecies

Iolaus ismenias ismenias (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda)
Iolaus ismenias piaggiae Oberthür, 1883 (Ethiopia)