Abisara geza

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	ARTHROPODA	INSECTA	LEPIDOPTERA	RIODINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Abisara geza
Species Authority:	Fruhstorfer, 1904
Taxonomic Notes:	Several subspecies have been described.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2011
Assessor/s:	Muller, C. & Tennent, J.
Reviewer/s:	Lewis, O. & Böhm, M.
Contributor/s:	Parker, E., Senior, M. & Topham, E.
Justification: Abisara geza is a common, widespread species occuring in a large extent of occurrence (EOO) and area of occupancy (AOO) across the Sundaland of Southeast Asia. It also appears to persist well in disturbed annd fragmented habitats. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs throughout Sundaland, including Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java (Indonesia) and Borneo. This gives a large extent of occurrence (EOO) and as the species is common in primary and secondary forest across this EOO, the area of occupancy (AOO) is also reasonably large and certainly in excess of 2,000 km^₂. The species occurs at mid- to low elevations.
Countries:	Native: Brunei Darussalam; Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan, Sumatera); Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak)
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Population [top]

Population:	This butterfly is considered moderately common locally.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species inhabits both primary and secondary rainforest but favours semi-open areas within the forest. Adults are most commonly encountered in such clearings and are highly active. The species is a tree specialist (Hirowatari et al. 2007). Cleary et al. (2004) found that this species showed very high abundances in once and twice burned forest. However, it did less well in logged areas. Males may occupy hilltops singly, but usually establish loose territories some distance from the summit.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

The species inhabits both primary and secondary rainforest but favours semi-open areas within the forest. Adults are most commonly encountered in such clearings and are highly active. The species is a tree specialist (Hirowatari et al. 2007). Cleary et al. (2004) found that this species showed very high abundances in once and twice burned forest. However, it did less well in logged areas. Males may occupy hilltops singly, but usually establish loose territories some distance from the summit.

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is not under any major threat.

Major Threat(s):

This species is not under any major threat.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No species-specific conservation measures are in place or required for this species.

Conservation Actions:

No species-specific conservation measures are in place or required for this species.

Citation:	Muller, C. & Tennent, J. 2011. Abisara geza. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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