Iolaus frater

Iolaus frater
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Iolaus
Species:	I. frater
Binomial name
	Iolaus frater; (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
Synonyms
	Epamera frater Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Iolaus (Epamera) frater; Epamera hemicyanus kamerunica Riley, 1928; Epamera kumboae Bethune-Baker, 1926;

Iolaus frater, the brotherly sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of upland forests, just below the submontane level.

Subspecies

Iolaus frater frater (Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Tshopo and North Kivu)
Iolaus frater kamerunica (Riley, 1928) (Cameroon)
Iolaus frater kumboae (Bethune-Baker, 1926) (eastern Nigeria, Bioko)

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