Afriodinia tantalus

Afriodinia tantalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Afriodinia
Species:	A. tantalus
Binomial name
Afriodinia tantalus (Hewitson, 1861) [1]
Synonyms
Sospita tantalusHewitson, 1861 Abisara tantalus f. uniformisRiley, 1932 Abisara caerulea liberianaClench, 1965 Abisara tantalus male form caeruleaRiley, 1932 Abisara caeruleaCarpenter & Jackson, 1950 Abisara tantalus f. metallicusBerger, 1981

Afriodinia 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

• Afriodinia tantalus tantalus (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
• Afriodinia tantalus caeruleaCarpenter & Jackson, 1950 (Nigeria: south and Cross River loop, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Afriodinia tantalus cyanisCallaghan, 2003 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

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.