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Abisara tantalus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Riodinidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Abisara

Abisara tantalus

Similar
  
Abisara neavei, Abisara gerontes, Abisara kausambi, Abisara bifasciata, Abisara savitri

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. 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)

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