Iolaus tajoraca
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Iolaus tajoraca is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of arid savanna.
The larvae feed on , , , and .
Subspecies[]
- Iolaus tajoraca tajoraca (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, northern Kenya, northern Uganda)
- Iolaus tajoraca ertli Aurivillius, 1916 (Tanzania, eastern Kenya)
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- ^ Iolaus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina
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Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1870
- Iolaus (butterfly)
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by Francis Walker
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