Paradeudorix eleala

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. The habitat consists of primary forests.
The larvae feed on Albizia zygia and Theobroma cacao. They are attended by the ant species Crematogaster buchneri.

Subspecies

Paradeudorix eleala eleala
Paradeudorix eleala cufadana
Paradeudorix eleala parallela
''Paradeudorix eleala viridis''