Biology:Abisara rutherfordii

Short description: Species of butterfly

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

Abisara 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. The habitat consists of primary forests.

Subspecies

• Abisara rutherfordii rutherfordii (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
• Abisara rutherfordii cyclops Riley, 1932 (Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Ituri, Tshopo, Sankuru and Lualaba)
• Abisara rutherfordii herwigii Dewitz, 1887 (eastern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4667945 entry