Type locality: Ivory Coast: “on border with Liberia, Tai National Park, vi.2000”. Holotype (male) in African Butterfly Research Institute, Nairobi.
General remarks: First captured by, and named for, Alexander Warren-Gash, the son of Haydon, who contributed significantly to the knowledge of the local butterfly fauna during several visits (Collins et al., 2003).
Distribution: Ivory Coast (known only from the type locality).
Common name: Alexander’s sapphire.
Habitat: Wet rainforest (Collins et al., 2003).
Habits: Males were noted flying rapidly along a road in the forest understorey. They occasionally perched on low bushes in the undergrowth for very brief periods (Collins et al., 2003).
Flight period: Recorded in April and June (Collins et al., 2003).