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Abisara neavei
Family: Lycaenidae; Subfamily: Riodininae Abisara neavei, Neave’s Judy or Neave’s Banded Judy, is a butterfly in the Riodinidae family. A cute little butterfly dancing around from leaf to leaf!
Seen on bushes at the side of a small track quite deep in tropical forest in central Uganda..
No worries Pam :-) This type of information is precious, especially as we don't get many spottings from Uganda. A picture of habitat also speaks a lot: I like the one you've added to the Vermillion Forrester. I generally stay away from common names in my searches. Here I used the genus, Abisara. I also checked at family level (Riodinidae) for good measure.
OK Daniele. I was doing that... Somewhere along the way I wasn't sure of my memory and just put in the generic habitat. Sorry, I'll try harder!
So you know it was a Judy, then did you just put in Judy + Uganda? I'm glad I have people like you around to help me...
You're welcome Pam. I was was familiar with the genus through Indian butterflies and then searched for Ugandan relatives :-) One little request: under Habitat, please describe the specific habitat in which you see your spottings. Generic habitat information can be put in notes, or found in references. This is particularly important and informative for sensitive species such as this one. From our FAQ: "Habitat: Please state the actual habitat where you photographed the spotting - this information can then be used to track changes in habitat, such as those caused by human intervention or habitat destruction. Again, it is not necessary to state published habitat information here, this can be referenced in the 'reference links' box.". Thanks in advance!
Thanks Daniele. How did you know that? I loved this little butterfly. It had such a personality!
Hi Pam! Wiki doesn't show any pictures but here are some links:
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?p...
http://www.tanzaniabirds.net/butterfly/A...