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Abisara neavei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Riodinidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Abisara

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Abisara gerontes, Abisara kausambi, Abisara bifasciata

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

The larvae feed on Maesa lanceolata.

Subspecies

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

    • References

    Abisara neavei Wikipedia
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