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Abisara

genus of insects

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 26, 2025
Entity authorityQ1758018 ↗
Source-derived summary

Abisara is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae, with species found only in Asia. The genus formerly included African species but it was found to be polyphyletic in 2015. Several species formerly included in the genus were then moved to Afriodinia, Archigenes, Sibosia and Spitosa.

Most species in the genus have the common name Judy.

Species

Abisara abnormis Moore, 1884

Abisara bifasciata Moore, 1877

Abisara echerius (Stoll, 1790)

Abisara geza Fruhstorfer, 1904

Abisara kausambi (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)

Abisara saturata Moore, 1878

References

External links

Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Abisara” as genus of insects. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2015, 1884, 1877, 1790—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Abisara, genus and insects can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Abisara” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.