Abisara

Abisara
A. echerius
A. bifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Nemeobiinae
Genus: Abisara
C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860[1]
Type species
Abisara kausambi
C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860
Species

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Synonyms
  • Sospita Hewitson, 1861
  • Sosibia Fruhstorfer, 1914

Abisara is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae, with species found only in Asia. The genus formerly included African species but it was found to be polyphyletic in 2015. Several species formerly included in the genus were then moved to Afriodinia, Archigenes, Sibosia and Spitosa.[2]

Most species in the genus have the common name Judy.

Species

References

  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. Bibcode:2015MolPE..93..296E. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.006. PMID 26265256.