Abisara rutherfordii

Abisara rutherfordii
Abisara 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: Abisara
Species: A. rutherfordii
Binomial name
Abisara rutherfordii
Hewitson, 1874[1]
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 Riodinidae family. 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.

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References

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