Abisara gerontes explained
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.[1] The habitat consists of tropical humid forests and lowland forests in hilly terrain.
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 the Congo)
Notes and References
- Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Riodinidae . 2012-10-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003957/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/riodinidae.doc . 2016-03-04 . dead .