Abisara gerontes

Dark banded Judy
	Illustration by Dru Drury
	Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Abisara
Species:	A. gerontes
Binomial name
	Abisara gerontes; (Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
	Papilio gerontesFabricius, 1781 ; Papilio baucisDrury, 1782 ;

Last updated August 29, 2025

Abisara gerontes, the dark banded Judy, is a butterfly belonging to the Riodinidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of tropical humid forests and lowland forests in hilly terrain.

Subspecies

Abisara gerontes gerontes (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
Abisara gerontes gabunicaRiley, 1932 (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

↑ Abisara, funet.fi
↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Riodinidae". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-15.

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[1] Abisara, funet.fi

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Riodinidae". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-15.

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