Iolaus timon
Iolaus timon, the long-tailed sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests. Adults of both sexes have been recorded feeding from the large yellow flowers of asteraceous plants and the flowers of "Poinsettia" species. The larvae feed on the flowers of "Loranthus incanus", "Phragmanthera capitata", "Phragmanthera usuiensis" and "Phragmenthera polycrypta". They are dull green.