Hallelesis halyma Fabricius 1793

Hallelesis halyma (Fabricius)
Papilio halyma Fabricius, 1793 [1793-1794], (1): 243 (India).
=Mycalesis macrones Hewitson, 1873 [1852-1876], 5: [58]; pi. [31], fig. 60 (West Africa).
The species is endemic to Occidental Africa and is not known east of Ghana. In Liberia it appears to be more common in the hinterland.
Liberia: Harbel, 1 8 , IV, 1 6 , 1 9 , XI, 1 9 , XII, 1 8 , no date; Fish Lake, 2 6 , XII; Kpain, 1 6 , V, 2 8 , X; Ganta, 4 8 , II, 1 8 ,
Wanau Forest, 2 9 , I, 2 <5 , II, 1 8,6 9 , III, 1 8 , VI, 3 8 ,X; Bomi Hills, 3 8 , IV; Zorzor, 1 8 , XI (Fox) ; eastern Liberia, 8 8 , III, IV, V (Condamin, 1951); Buttikofer (1890); Sharpe (1906).

Hallelesis halyma, the western hallelesis, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and western Ghana. 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.