Afriodinia rutherfordii

Afriodinia rutherfordii
Afriodinia 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: Afriodinia
Species:
A. rutherfordii
Binomial name
Afriodinia rutherfordii
(Hewitson, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Abisara rutherfordii cyclops f. caecata Riley, 1932
  • Abisara rutherfordii herwigi ab. lunula Dufrane, 1945

Afriodinia 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. The habitat consists of primary forests.

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