Hallelesis halyma

Hallelesis halyma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hallelesis
Species:	H. halyma
Binomial name
Hallelesis halyma (Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio halyma Fabricius, 1793 Mycalesis halyma Mycalesis macrones Hewitson, 1873

Hallelesis halyma, the Western Hallelesis, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and western Ghana.^[2] The habitat consists of swampy areas inside forests of good quality.

The male androconial organs consist of a pair of large eversible hair-tufts that are attached to the genitalia, within the abdomen. The smell given off by these organs is powerful and pleasant to the human nose.

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