''Abisara'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

Riodinidae Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. The 1,532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, ...

, found in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

and

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

. The broad genus was split as it was polyphyletic and separated in 2015. Several species were moved to ''

Archigenes Archigenes (), an ancient Greco-Syrian physician, who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. Archigenes was the most celebrated of the sect of the Eclectici, and was a native of Apamea in Syria; he practiced at Rome in the time of Trajan, 98–1 ...

''. Most species in the genus have the common name Judy.

Species

*'' Abisara abnormis'' *'' Abisara bifasciata'' *'' Abisara burnii'' *'' Abisara caeca'' *'' Abisara cameroonensis'' *'' Abisara chelina'' *'' Abisara delicata'' *'' Abisara dewitzi'' *'' Abisara echerius'' *'' Abisara freda'' *'' Abisara fylla'' *'' Abisara fylloides'' *'' Abisara gerontes'' *'' Abisara geza'' *'' Abisara intermedia'' *'' Abisara kausambi'' *'' Abisara neavei'' *'' Abisara rogersi'' *'' Abisara rutherfordii'' *'' Abisara saturata'' *'' Abisara sobrina'' *''

Abisara talantus ''Abisara talantus'', the blue Judy, is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop) and Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares ...

'' *''

Abisara tantalus ''Abisara tantalus'', the blue-spot Judy, is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democr ...

References

Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 61
Nemeobiinae Butterfly genera Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder Taxa described in 1861 {{Riodinidae-stub