Abisara neavei

      Abisara neavei
      Scientific classification
      Kingdom: Animalia
      Phylum: Arthropoda
      Class: Insecta
      Order: Lepidoptera
      Family: Riodinidae
      Genus: Abisara
      Species: A. neavei
      Binomial name
      Abisara neavei
      Riley, 1932[1]
      Synonyms
      • Abisara rogersi dollmani Riley, 1932

      Abisara neavei, 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 Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of primary and gallery forests, as well as the fringes of submontane forests.

      The larvae feed on Maesa lanceolata.

      Subspecies

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