Pseuderesia eleaza

Pseuderesia eleaza
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pseuderesia
Species:	P. eleaza
Binomial name
Pseuderesia eleaza (Hewitson, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
Pentila eleaza Hewitson, 1873 Pseuderesia catharina Butler, 1874 Pseuderesia variegata Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1890 Pseuderesia picta Grose-Smith, 1898 Pseuderesia nigra Cator, 1904

Pseuderesia eleaza, the Variable Harlequin, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

• Pseuderesia eleaza eleaza (Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Equateur and Sankuru)
• Pseuderesia eleaza katera Stempffer, 1961 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele and Kivu, north-western Tanzania)

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