Abisara gerontes

Abisara gerontes
Illustration by Dru Drury
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]
Synonyms
  • Papilio gerontes Fabricius, 1781
  • Papilio baucis Drury, 1782

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 the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of tropical humid forests and lowland forests in hilly terrain.

Description

Upperside. Antennae, thorax, and abdomen black. Anterior wings next the body nearly black, a third next the tips greyish brown, with a circular eyespot 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.

Underside. Palpi wanting. Feet yellow. Breast white. Anterior wings lighter coloured than on the upperside. 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. Wingspan  1 3⁄4 inches (44 mm). [3]

Subspecies

References

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  1. ↑ Abisara, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Riodinidae
  3. ↑ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 3. pp. 15-16. pl. XII.


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