''Paradeudorix eleala'', the western fairy playboy, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Guinea-Bissau,
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
,
Sierra Leone,
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
,
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
,
Ghana,
Togo,
Benin,
Nigeria,
Cameroon,
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The habitat consists of
primary forests
An old-growth forestalso termed primary forest, virgin forest, late seral forest, primeval forest, or first-growth forestis a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance, and thereby exhibits unique ecological feature ...
.
The larvae feed on ''
Albizia zygia'' and ''
Theobroma cacao''. They are attended by the ant species ''
Crematogaster buchneri
''Crematogaster buchneri'' is a species of ant in tribe Crematogastrini
Crematogastrini is a tribe of myrmicine ants
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymen ...
''.
Subspecies
*''Paradeudorix eleala eleala'' (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Equateur, Kinshasa and Lualaba)
*''Paradeudorix eleala cufadana''
(Mendes & De Sousa, 2003) (Guinea-Bissau)
*''Paradeudorix eleala parallela''
(Collins & Larsen, 2000) (Guinea Bissau, Guinea)
*''Paradeudorix eleala viridis''
(Stempffer, 1964) (coast of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, western Nigeria)
References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 66''a''
Butterflies described in 1865
Deudorigini
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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