title: Iolaus scintillans
text: # Iolaus scintillans
  
  Iolaus scintillans, the scintillating sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Ivory Coast, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, Cameroon, southern Sudan and northern Uganda. The habitat consists of very dry savanna.
  
  The larvae feed on Globimetula braunii.
  
  