Iolaus menas

Iolaus menas
	Seitz Fauna African Taf 67 (line d)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Iolaus
Species:	I. menas
Binomial name
	Iolaus menas; H. H. Druce, 1890
Synonyms
	Iolaus (Iolaphilus) menas; Iolaphilus menas tatiana d'Abrera, 1980;

Iolaus menas, the blue savanna sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya.^[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

The larvae feed on Loranthus species and Tapinanthus bangwensis.

Subspecies

Iolaus menas menas (Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, southern Sudan, Ethiopia)
Iolaus menas tatiana (d'Abrera, 1980) (northern Uganda, northern Kenya)

^ Savela, Markku (September 6, 2018). "Iolaus menas Druce, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina

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