Etesiolaus catori

Etesiolaus catori
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Etesiolaus
Species:	E. catori
Binomial name
	Etesiolaus catori; (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Synonyms
	Iolaus catori Bethune-Baker, 1904; Iolaus catori cottoni Bethune-Baker, 1908;

Etesiolaus catori, the Small Green Sapphire or Cator’s Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Pachystela brevipes, Manilkara and Synsepalum species.

Subspecies

Etesiolaus catori catori (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: south and the Cross river loop, southern Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Etesiolaus catori cottoni (Bethune-Baker, 1908) (Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele and Lualaba, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania at the Kasye and Minziro forests, northwestern Zambia)