Abisara neavei explained

Abisara neavei, the Neave's Judy or Neave's banded Judy, is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[1] The habitat consists of primary and gallery forests, as well as the fringes of submontane forests.

The larvae feed on Maesa lanceolata.

Subspecies

• A. n. neavei (Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kasai, Lomami, Lualaba, Tanganika and Maniema)
• A. n. congdoni Kielland, 1985 (Tanzania)
• A. n. dollmani Riley, 1932 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: south to Lualaba and Shaba, northern Zambia)
• A. n. kivuensis Riley, 1932 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: north-east to Uele, Ituri and Kivu)
• A. n. latifasciata Riley, 1932 (Nigeria, north-western Cameroon)
• A. n. mahale Kielland, 1978 (western Tanzania: Mahale Mountains, especially the western slopes of Mount Kungwe)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Riodinidae . 2012-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003957/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/riodinidae.doc . 2016-03-04 . dead .