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
| Straight plum judy | |
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| from Buladu, North Gorontalo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Abisara |
| Species: | A. kausambi
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| Binomial name | |
| Abisara kausambi (Guerin, 1843)
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Biology
editThe larva feeds on Embelia
See also
editReferences
edit- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
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