Abisara gerontes, the dark banded Judy, is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. 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.

Dark banded Judy
Illustration by Dru Drury
Ventral view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Subspecies

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  • 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 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.