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''Abisara'' is a genus of
butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Riodinidae Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. The 1532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, t ...
, found in
Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
and
Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
. Most species in the genus have the common name Judy.


Species

*'' Abisara abnormis'' *'' Abisara aita'' *'' Abisara bifasciata'' *'' Abisara burnii'' *'' Abisara caeca'' *'' Abisara cameroonensis'' *'' Abisara chela'' *'' Abisara chelina'' *'' Abisara delicata'' *'' Abisara dewitzi'' *'' Abisara echerius'' *'' Abisara freda'' *'' Abisara fylla'' *'' Abisara fylloides'' *'' Abisara gerontes'' *'' Abisara geza'' *'' Abisara intermedia'' *'' Abisara kausambi'' *'' Abisara miyazakii'' *'' Abisara neavei'' *'' Abisara neophron'' *'' Abisara rogersi'' *'' Abisara rutherfordii'' *'' Abisara saturata'' *'' Abisara savitri'' *'' Abisara sobrina'' *'' Abisara talantus'' *'' Abisara tantalus''


References


Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 61
Nemeobiinae Butterfly genera Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder {{Riodinidae-stub