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Iolana iolas (Iolas Blue)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Iolana iolas, the iolas blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Northern Africa, Southern Spain, Southern France, Southern Europe, Asia Minor and Iran. The wingspan of the male is 18–21 mm. The flight period is May to June in rocky places at around 2,000m. The larva feeds on Colutea arborescens.
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
ANTICHASIA ORI KAI METEORA 178032 Greece  
Gessi Bolognesi, Calanchi dell'Abbadessa 10616 Italy  
NOTIOANATOLIKOS PARNASSOS - ETHNIKOS DRYMOS PARNASSOU - DASOS TITHOREAS 45523 Greece  
OROS PARNASSOS 84965 Greece  
Pascoli montani e cespuglieti del Pratomagno 16687 Italy  

Prey / Diet

Colutea cilicica[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0