Abisara kausambi Felder 1860

Abisara kausambi, the straight plum Judy, is a small but striking butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the Punches and Judies, that is, the family Riodinidae.

• A. k. kausambi Manipur to Burma, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra Peninsular Malaya
• A. k. tina Fruhstorfer, 1904 Java
• A. k. sabina Stichel, 1924 Sulawesi
• A. k. aja Fruhstorfer, 1904 Palawan
• A. k. asoka Bennett, 1950 Borneo
• A. k. daphne Bennett, 1950 Nias
• A. k. disparilis Riley, 1945 Mentawai
• A. k. sala Fruhstorfer, 1914 Borneo
• A. k. stasinus Fruhstorfer, 1912 Bangka, Belitung

Biology

The larva feeds on Embelia

See also

• Riodinidae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Riodinidae)

References

• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.

Abisara kausambi est parvus sed singularis papilio familiae Riodinidarum, in India endemicus.

Bibliographia

• Evans, W. H. 1932. The Identification of Indian Butterflies. Ed. 2a. Mumbai Indiae: Bombay Natural History Society.

Nexus interni

• Riodinidae

Abisara kausambi is een vlindersoort uit de familie van de prachtvlinders (Riodinidae), onderfamilie Nemeobiinae.

Abisara kausambi werd in 1860 beschreven door C. & R. Felder.^[1]