Iolaus iturensis

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Larsen, T.B. |year=2020 |amends=2011 |title=Iolaus iturensis |volume=2020 |page=e.T159771A176508932 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T159771A176508932.en |access-date=8 August 2021}}

| taxon = Iolaus iturensis

| authority = (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)[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

| synonyms = *Argiolaus silarus iturensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921

• Iolaus (Argiolaus) iturensis

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Iolaus iturensis, the Ituri sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri, Lualaba and Shaba), Angola, western Tanzania, Uganda and western Kenya.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_iolaina.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Iolaina |access-date=2012-08-31 |archive-date=2014-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084404/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_iolaina.doc |url-status=dead }} The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Loranthus and Erianthemum species and Phragmanthera rufescens.