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| taxon = Iolaus farquharsoni
| authority = ([[George Thomas Bethune-Baker|Bethune-Baker]], 1922)<ref>[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/iolaus/index.html ''Iolaus''] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''</ref>
| synonyms = *''Epamera farquharsoni'' <small>Bethune-Baker, 1922</small>
*''Iolaus'' (''Epamera'') ''farquharsoni''
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'''''Iolaus farquharsoni''''', the '''Farquharson's sapphire''', is a [[butterfly]] in the family [[Lycaenidae]]. It is found in [[Ghana]], southern [[Nigeria]], [[Cameroon]], the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Uganda]], north-western [[Tanzania]] and north-western [[Zambia]].<ref name=ATBUT>{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_iolaina.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina |access-date=2012-08-28 |archive-date=2014-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084404/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_iolaina.doc |url-status=dead }}</ref> The habitat consists of open forests and secondary growth.
The larvae feed on the flowers of ''[[Loranthus incanus]]'', ''[[Globimetula braunii]]'' and ''[[Globimetula anguliflora]]''.
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