Pteroteinon laufella, the blue red-eye, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in north-eastern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, northern Angola and the central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults may spend the night inside the blossoms of Ipomoea species. Adult males occasionally mud-puddle.
The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis and Cocos nucifera.