Abisara kausambi

Short description: Species of butterfly

Straight plum judy

from Buladu, North Gorontalo
Scientific classification
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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