Iolaus calisto

Iolaus calisto
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Iolaus
Species: I. calisto
Binomial name
Iolaus calisto
(Westwood, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
  • Anthene calisto Westwood, 1851
  • Iolaus (Philiolaus) calisto

Iolaus calisto, the Large Green Sapphire, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, southern Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon and the Central African Republic.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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