Swainson, 1830 subtribe iolaina riley, 1958 Iolaus pallene. Photo courtesy Jeremy Dobson



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Type locality: Ivory Coast: “on border with Liberia, Tai National Park, vi.2000”. Holotype (male) in African Butterfly Research Institute, Nairobi.

General remarks: First captured by, and named for, Alexander Warren-Gash, the son of Haydon, who contributed significantly to the knowledge of the local butterfly fauna during several visits (Collins et al., 2003).

Distribution: Ivory Coast (known only from the type locality).

Common name: Alexander’s sapphire.

Habitat: Wet rainforest (Collins et al., 2003).

Habits: Males were noted flying rapidly along a road in the forest understorey. They occasionally perched on low bushes in the undergrowth for very brief periods (Collins et al., 2003).

Flight period: Recorded in April and June (Collins et al., 2003).

Early stages: Nothing published.

Larval food: Nothing published.

Other members of the subgenus:



Iolaus (Iolaphilus) gabunica (Riley, 1928)
Argiolaus gabunica Riley, 1928. Novitates Zoologicae 34: 375 (374-394).


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