Abisara Kausambi

Straight plum judy
from Buladu, North Gorontalo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Abisara
Species:	A. kausambi
Binomial name
Abisara kausambi (Guerin, 1843)

Abisara kausambi, the straight plum Judy, is a small but striking butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the Punches and Judies, that is, the family Riodinidae.

• A. k. kausambi Manipur to Burma, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra Peninsular Malaya
• A. k. tina Fruhstorfer, 1904 Java
• A. k. sabina Stichel, 1924 Sulawesi
• A. k. aja Fruhstorfer, 1904 Palawan
• A. k. asoka Bennett, 1950 Borneo
• A. k. daphne Bennett, 1950 Nias
• A. k. disparilis Riley, 1945 Mentawai
• A. k. sala Fruhstorfer, 1914 Borneo
• A. k. stasinus Fruhstorfer, 1912 Bangka, Belitung

Biology

The larva feeds on Embelia

See also

• Riodinidae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Riodinidae)

References

• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2676082 entry

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