Abisara

Abisara
A. echerius
A. bifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Subfamily:	Nemeobiinae
Genus:	Abisara C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860 [1]
Type species
Abisara kausambi
Species
See text
Synonyms
SospitaHewitson, 1861 SosibiaFruhstorfer, 1914

Abisara is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae, with species found only in Asia. The genus formerly included African species but it was found to be polyphyletic in 2015. Several species formerly included in the genus were then moved to Afriodinia , Archigenes , Sibosia and Spitosa . ^[2]

Most species in the genus have the common name Judy.

Species

• Abisara abnormis Moore, 1884
• Abisara bifasciata Moore, 1877
• Abisara echerius (Stoll, 1790)
• Abisara geza Fruhstorfer, 1904
• Abisara kausambi (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)
• Abisara saturata Moore, 1878

References

1. Abisara at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
2. Espeland, Marianne; Hall, Jason P.W.; DeVries, Philip J.; Lees, David C.; Cornwall, Mark; Hsu, Yu-Feng; Wu, Li-Wei; Campbell, Dana L.; Talavera, Gerard; Vila, Roger; Salzman, Shayla; Ruehr, Sophie; Lohman, David J.; Pierce, Naomi E. (2015). "Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 93: 296–306. Bibcode:2015MolPE..93..296E. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.006 . PMID   26265256.

External links

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 61