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Iolaus silanus

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Iolaus silanus, the three-tailed sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Iolaus silanus silanus (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania)
Iolaus silanus alticola (Stempffer, 1961) (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains)
Iolaus silanus rondo (Congdon & Collins, 1998) (Tanzania)
Iolaus silanus silenus (Hawker-Smith, 1928) (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur and Lualaba)
Iolaus silanus zanzibarica (Congdon & Collins, 1998) (Tanzania: Zanzibar)

^ Iolaus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2012-08-30.

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Iolaus silanus, the three-tailed sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.