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Archigenes savitri

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Malay tailed Judy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Archigenes
Species:
A. savitri
Binomial name
Archigenes savitri
(Guerin, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sospita susa Hewitson, 1861
  • Abisara atlas de Nicéville, 1895
  • Sospita savitri sciurus Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Sospita savitri strix Fruhstorfer, 1904

Archigenes savitri, the Malay tailed Judy, is a small butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Punches and Judies, that is, the family Riodinidae. A 2015 study separated them from the genus Abisara to Archigenes.[2]

Subspecies

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  • A. s. savitri (India)
  • A. s. atlas de Nicéville, 1895 (western Java)
  • A. s. attenuata Tytler, 1915 (Manipur)
  • A. s. deniya Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Bangka)
  • A. s. periya Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Natuna)
  • A. s. sciurus (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (south-eastern Borneo)
  • A. s. strix (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (northern Borneo)
  • A. s. susa Hewitson, 1861 (Sumatra)


See also

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References

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  1. ^ Abisara at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. ^ 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.