Abisara savitri

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

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

Subspecies

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

See also

• Riodinidae
• List of Butterflies of India (Riodinidae)

References

• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
• Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.