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Abisara

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Abisara
Abisara echerius (top left)
Abisara bifasciata (top right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Nemeobiinae
Genus: Abisara
C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Sospita Hewitson, 1861
  • Sosibia Fruhstorfer, 1914

Abisara is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae, found in Africa and Southeast Asia.[2] The broad genus was split as it was polyphyletic and separated in 2015. Several species were moved to Archigenes.[3]

Most species in the genus have the common name Judy.

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Abisara at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. ^ Brower, Andrew V. Z. (8 March 2010). "Abisara C. Felder & R. Felder 1860". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  3. ^ Espeland, Marianne; Hall, Jason P.W.; DeVries, Philip J.; Lees, David C.; Cornwall, Mark; Hsu, Yu-Feng; Wu, Li-Wei; Campbell, Dana L.; Talavera, Gerard; Vila, Roger; Salzman, Shayla; Ruehr, Sophie; Lohman, David J.; Pierce, Naomi E. (2015). "Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 93: 296–306. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.006.