Abisara tantalus
| Abisara tantalus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Abisara |
| Species: | A. tantalus |
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| Abisara tantalus (Hewitson, 1861)[1] | |
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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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- ↑ Abisara at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Riodinidae
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