Abisara rutherfordii

Abisara rutherfordii, the scalloped Judy, is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Abisara rutherfordii
Abisara rutherfordii depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana (row "b", 4th and 5th images)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Abisara
Species:	A. rutherfordii
Binomial name
Abisara rutherfordii Hewitson, 1874[1]
Synonyms
Abisara rutherfordii cyclops f. caecata Riley, 1932 Abisara rutherfordii herwigi ab. lunula Dufrane, 1945

Subspecies

• Abisara rutherfordii rutherfordii (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
• Abisara rutherfordii cyclops Riley, 1932 (Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Ituri, Tshopo, Sankuru and Lualaba)
• Abisara rutherfordii herwigii Dewitz, 1887 (eastern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo)