Abisara savitri

Malay tailed Judy
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Abisara
Species:	A. savitri
Binomial name
Abisara savitri (Guerin, 1843)
Synonyms
Sospita susa Hewitson, 1861 Abisara atlas de Nicéville, 1895 Sospita savitri sciurus Fruhstorfer, 1904 Sospita savitri strix Fruhstorfer, 1904

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)

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See also

• Riodinidae
• List of butterflies of India (Riodinidae)

References

• 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.