Abisara neavei

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Abisara neavei
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A. n. neavei
Kibale Forest, Uganda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Abisara
Species:
A. neavei
Binomial name
Abisara neavei
Riley, 1932 [1]
Synonyms
  • Abisara rogersi dollmaniRiley, 1932

Abisara neavei, the Neave's Judy or Neave's banded Judy, is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of primary and gallery forests, as well as the fringes of submontane forests.

The larvae feed on Maesa lanceolata .

Subspecies

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References

  1. Abisara at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Riodinidae". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-12.