Abisara savitri

Abisara savitri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Abisara
Species:	A. savitri
Binomial name
Abisara savitri (Guerin, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
Sospita susa Hewitson, 1861 Abisara atlas de Nicéville, 1895 Sospita savitri sciurus Fruhstorfer, 1904 Sospita savitri strix Fruhstorfer, 1904

Abisara savitri, the Malay tailed Judy, is a small butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Punches and Judies, that is, the family Riodinidae.

Subspecies[]

• A. s. savitri (India)
• A. s. atlas de Nicéville, 1895 (western Java)
• A. s. attenuata Tytler, 1915 (Manipur)
• A. s. deniya Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Bangka)
• A. s. periya Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Natuna)
• A. s. sciurus (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (south-eastern Borneo)
• A. s. strix (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (northern Borneo)
• A. s. susa Hewitson, 1861 (Sumatra)

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See also[]

• Riodinidae
• List of butterflies of India (Riodinidae)

References[]

• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.

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