Abisara tantalus

Abisara tantalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Abisara
Species:	A. tantalus
Binomial name
Abisara tantalus (Hewitson, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
Sospita tantalus Hewitson, 1861 Abisara tantalus f. uniformis Riley, 1932 Abisara caerulea liberiana Clench, 1965 Abisara tantalus male form caerulea Riley, 1932 Abisara caerulea Carpenter & Jackson, 1950 Abisara tantalus f. metallicus Berger, 1981

Abisara tantalus, the blue-spot Judy, is a butterfly in the Riodinidae family. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of humid and dense forests.

Subspecies

• Abisara tantalus tantalus (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
• Abisara tantalus caerulea Carpenter & Jackson, 1950 (Nigeria: south and Cross River loop, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Abisara tantalus cyanis Callaghan, 2003 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

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