''Abisara chela'', the spot Judy, is a small but striking butterfly found in
India that belongs to the family
Riodinidae.
Description
Closely resembles ''
Abisara neophron
''Abisara neophron'', the tailed Judy, is a small but striking butterfly found in India that belongs to the Punches and Judies family ( Riodinidae).
Description
Termen of hindwing has a long tail at apex of vein 4, the portion above it promin ...
'' but is smaller in both sexes and differs as follows:
Upperside of forewings has discal white band comparatively broader and shorter, not extending to vein 1, of more even width, not so conspicuously narrowed posteriorly; postdiscal white band more clearly defined and ending anteriorly in a prominent subcostal white spot. Hindwing differs in the subterminal broken white lines being bordered inwardly in interspaces 1 to 3 by much darker brown spots than in ''A. neophron''; the conspicuous oval black spots near apices of interspaces of 5 and 6 much as in ''A. neophron'', but the outer of the two subterminal short lines beyond them ochraceous, not white; tail at apex of vein 4 as in ''A. neophron'', but proportionately shorter. Underside as in ''A. neophron'', but the postdiscal band on the forewing comparatively broader and more clearly defined; the postdiscal area broadly lilac coloured.
See also
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Riodinidae
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List of butterflies of India
*
List of butterflies of India (Riodinidae)
References
Abisara
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies described in 1843
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