Paradeudorix eleala

Paradeudorix eleala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Paradeudorix
Species:	P. eleala
Binomial name
	Paradeudorix eleala; (Hewitson, 1865)
Synonyms
	Hypolycaena eleala Hewitson, 1865; Hypokopelates obscura Bethune-Baker, 1914; Deudorix (Hypokopelates) viridis Stempffer, 1964; Hypokopelates eleala parallela Collins & Larsen, 2000; Hypokopelates eleala cufadana Mendes & De Sousa, 2003;

Paradeudorix eleala, the western fairy playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

The larvae feed on and Theobroma cacao. They are attended by the ant species Crematogaster buchneri.

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)

Feeding off flower of weed plant Tridax procumbens in Lagos, Nigeria

With exposed wings, Lagos

At rest, Lagos

^ Paradeudorix at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-20.

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