Iolaus crawshayi, the Crawshay's sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.

[2] The habitat consists of moist savanna.

The larvae feed on the young leaves of Erianthemum dregei and Phragmanthera usuiensis.

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