Abisara tantalus

Species of butterfly

Abisara tantalus

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
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 family Riodinidae. 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

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* 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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Wikispecies has information related to Abisara tantalus.

1. ^ Abisara at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Riodinidae". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-12.

Taxon identifiers

Abisara tantalus|

* Wikidata: Q4667949
* Wikispecies: Abisara tantalus
* CoL: 8KR6
* GBIF: 1935443
* iNaturalist: 1073031
* IRMNG: 10703187
* LepIndex: 190122

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