Afriodinia gerontes

Dark banded Judy
Illustration by Dru Drury
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Afriodinia
Species:
A. gerontes
Binomial name
Afriodinia gerontes
(Fabricius, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio gerontes Fabricius, 1781
  • Papilio baucis Drury, 1782

Afriodinia gerontes, the dark banded Judy, is a butterfly belonging to the Riodinidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of tropical humid forests and lowland forests in hilly terrain.

Subspecies

  • Afriodinia gerontes gerontes (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
  • Afriodinia gerontes gabunica Riley, 1932 (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

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  1. ^ Abisara, funet.fi
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Riodinidae". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-15.


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