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)
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 the Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola and the Democratic Republic of 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 Congo)
Abisara tantalus cyanis Callaghan, 2003 (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo)

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