Aphniolaus pallene

Aphniolaus pallene

(Wallengren, 1857) Catalogue of Life

GBIF observations
246 GBIF
Taxonomic rank
Species
3 specimens
Description

Iolaus pallene, the saffron sapphire, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from southern Sudan, Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba) and Kenya to South Africa. In South Africa it is found from the thorn belt of KwaZulu-Natal and Eswatini to Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo and North West.

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Status

COL status
accepted
Name status
acceptable
Nomenclatural code
zoological

Specimens in the collection

Legacy synonyms
iolaus pallene
Non-butterfly
Off
Hybrid

Larval host plants GloBI

Observed associations from aggregated sources — unranked.