Abisara neavei

Abisara neavei
A. n. neavei Kibale Forest, Uganda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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, commonly known as 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] Its habitat includes primary and gallery forests, as well as the fringes of submontane forests.

The larvae feed on Maesa lanceolata .

Subspecies

• A. n. congdoniKielland, 1985 (Tanzania)
• A. n. dollmaniRiley, 1932 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: south to Lualaba and Shaba, northern Zambia)
• A. n. kivuensisRiley, 1932 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: north-east to Uele, Ituri and Kivu)
• A. n. latifasciataRiley, 1932 (Nigeria, north-western Cameroon)
• A. n. mahaleKielland, 1978 (western Tanzania: Mahale Mountains, especially the western slopes of Mount Kungwe)
• A. n. neavei (Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kasai, Lomami, Lualaba, Tanganika and Maniema)

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.

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