Abisara gerontes
| Abisara gerontes | |
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| Illustration by Dru Drury | |
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| Ventral view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Abisara |
| Species: | A. gerontes |
| Binomial name | |
| Abisara gerontes (Fabricius, 1781)[1] | |
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Abisara gerontes, the Dark Banded Judy, is a butterfly in the Riodinidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of tropical humid forests and lowland forests in hilly terrain.
Description
Upper Side. Antennae, thorax, and abdomen black. Anterior wings next the body nearly black, a third next the tips greyish brown, with a circular eye thereon; the iris being black and yellow, the pupil blue. A white streak rises on these wings, which crossing the posterior edges, ends at the middle of the posterior ones in a sharp point. Posterior wings blackish brown, the upper corners being greyish brown, where is a yellow mark, not unlike a human ear, the inner part being tinged with a shining blue colour. These wings are furnished with two broad tails, which suddenly become narrow and short, the tips white, and along the edges streaked with blue.
Under Side. Palpi wanting. Feet yellow. Breast white. Anterior wings lighter coloured than on the upper side. The white streaks are very conspicuous, and near the tips is another streak of ash-colour. The eye at the tips is very discernible. Posterior wings lighter coloured on this side, being chiefly ash-colour, with a brown streak longitudinally placed, verged at the bottom with yellow and blue streaks. The ear-like mark is also very plain on this side. Wing-span 1¾ inches (44 mm). [3]
Subspecies
- Abisara gerontes gerontes (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
- Abisara gerontes gabunica Riley, 1932 (southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo)
References
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- ↑ Abisara, funet.fi
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Riodinidae
- ↑ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology 3. pp. 15-16. pl. XII.