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 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. 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)