Abisara savitri

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Nemeobiinae
Tribus: Nemeobiini
SubTribus: Abisarina
Genus: Abisara
Species: Abisara savitri
Subspecies: A. s. albisticta – A. s. batuensis – A. s. denya – A. s. ishizukai – A. s. obscura – A. s. periya – A. s. savitri – A. s. sciurus – A. s. teutyra
Name

Abisara savitri C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860
References

Hanafusa, H. 1991: Five new subspecies of Indonesian butterflies (Lep.: Papilionidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae). Futao 8: 17–19.
Hanafusa, H. 1994: Eight new butterflies from Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae). Futao 17: 18–23.
Saito, K. & T. Saito, 2005: Notes on the savitri group of the genus Abisara C. & R. Felder, with descriptions of a new species and four new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 41: 27–36.

Photos

http://www.pbase.com/mr_jason/image/33098459

Vernacular names
English: Malay Tailed Judy

Abisara savitri, the Malay tailed Judy, is a small butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Punches and Judies, that is, the family Riodinidae.

Subspecies

A. s. savitri (India)
A. s. atlas de Nicéville, 1895 (western Java)
A. s. attenuata Tytler, 1915 (Manipur)
A. s. deniya Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Bangka)
A. s. periya Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Natuna)
A. s. sciurus (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (south-eastern Borneo)
A. s. strix (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (northern Borneo)
A. s. susa Hewitson, 1861 (Sumatra)

Gallery

Malay Tailed Judy.jpg
Malay Tailed Judy 1.jpg

See also

Riodinidae
List of butterflies of India (Riodinidae)

References

Abisara at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.