''Pseudaletis batesi'', the black fantasy, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. The species was
first described by
Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in
Cameroon, the
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
, the
Central African Republic and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
*''Pseudaletis batesi batesi'' (Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic)
*''Pseudaletis batesi zairensis''
Libert, 2007 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 66''g''
Butterflies described in 1910
Pseudaletis
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