Iolaus crawshayi

Iolaus crawshayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Iolaus
Species:	I. crawshayi
Binomial name
	Iolaus crawshayi; (Butler, 1901)
Synonyms
	Argiolaus crawshayi Butler, 1901; Iolaus (Argiolaus) crawshayi; Argiolaus crawshayi elgonae Stempffer & Bennett, 1958; Argiolaus crawshayi littoralis Stempffer & Bennett, 1958; Iolaus (Argiolaus) crawshayi kalleb Koçak, 1996; Iolaus silas maureli Dufrane, 1954; Argiolaus crawshayi niloticus Stempffer & Bennett, 1958; Argiolaus crawshayi nyanzae Stempffer & Bennett, 1958;

Iolaus crawshayi, Crawshay’s Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of moist savanna.

The larvae feed on the young leaves of Erianthemum dregei and Phragmanthera usuiensis. They are dull dirty whitish-green or brown.

Subspecies

Iolaus crawshayi crawshayi (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)
Iolaus crawshayi elgonae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Kenya, Uganda)
Iolaus crawshayi littoralis (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Tanzania: east and inland to Moshi and Korogwe and south to Lindi, Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, Kenya: eastern lowlands and inland to Makindu, the Kitui district and Mount Marsabit)
Iolaus crawshayi maureli Dufrane, 1954 (Ethiopia, southern Somalia, north-eastern Kenya)
Iolaus crawshayi niloticus (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Uganda: West Nile district)
Iolaus crawshayi nyanzae (Stempffer & Bennett, 1958) (Kenya: western highlands, Uganda: Jinja)