Abisara caeca

Abisara caeca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Abisara
Species: A. caeca
Binomial name
Abisara caeca
Rebel, 1914[1]
Synonyms
  • Abisara talantus caeca Rebel, 1914
  • Abisara barnsi Joicey and Talbot, 1921
  • Abisara talantus semicaeca Riley, 1932

Abisara caeca is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of swamp forests.

Subspecies

  • Abisara caeca caeca (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Ituri and Kivu, south-western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Abisara caeca semicaeca Riley, 1932 (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, western Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly Angola)

References

  1. ↑ Abisara at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Riodinidae


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