Phytala

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species P. elais

Similar Aethiopana, Teriomima, Cooksonia

Phytala is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae endemic to the Afrotropical realm. The single species of this genus, Phytala elais, the giant forest blue, is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

Phytala elais elais (eastern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)

Phytala elais catori Bethune-Baker, 1903 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, western Ivory Coast)

Phytala elais ugandae Jackson, 1964 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda)

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