Abisara chela
| Spot Judy | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Abisara |
| Species: | A. chela |
| Binomial name | |
| Abisara chela (Guerin, 1843) | |
The Spot Judy (Abisara chela) is a small but striking butterfly found in India that belongs to the (Family Riodinidae).
Description
- See glossary for terms used
Closely resembles Abisara neophron but is smaller in both sexes and differs as follows: Upperside of forewings has discal white band comparatively broader and shorter, not extending to vein 1, of more even width, not so conspicuously narrowed posteriorly; postdiscal white band more clearly defined and ending anteriorly in a prominent subcostal white spot. Hind wing differs in the subterminal broken white lines being bordered inwardly in interspaces 1 to 3 by much darker brown spots than in A. neophron; the conspicuous oval black spots near apices of interspaces of 5 and 6 much as in A. neophron, but the outer of the two subterminal short lines beyond them ochraceous, not white; tail at apex of vein 4 as in A. neophron, but proportionately shorter. Underside as in A. neophron, but the postdiscal band on the fore wing comparatively broader and more clearly defined; the postdiscal area broadly lilacine.[1]
See also
- Riodinidae
- List of Butterflies of India
- List of Butterflies of India (Riodinidae)
References
- ↑ Bingham C. T. 1905. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies. Vol 1