Afriodinia rutherfordii

Afriodinia rutherfordii
Afriodinia rutherfordii depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana (row "b", 4th and 5th images)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Afriodinia
Species:	A. rutherfordii
Binomial name
Afriodinia rutherfordii (Hewitson, 1874) [1]
Synonyms
Abisara rutherfordii cyclops f. caecataRiley, 1932 Abisara rutherfordii herwigi ab. lunulaDufrane, 1945

Afriodinia rutherfordii, the scalloped Judy, is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania. ^[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Subspecies

• Afriodinia rutherfordii rutherfordii (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
• Afriodinia rutherfordii cyclopsRiley, 1932 (Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Ituri, Tshopo, Sankuru and Lualaba)
• Afriodinia rutherfordii herwigiiDewitz, 1887 (eastern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)

References

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