Pseuderesia eleaza

Pseuderesia eleaza
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pseuderesia
Species:	P. eleaza
Binomial name
Pseuderesia eleaza (Hewitson, 1873)
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 family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. Its 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 the Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Equateur and Sankuru)
• Pseuderesia eleaza katera Stempffer, 1961 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele and Kivu, north-western Tanzania)