Sibosia

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Sibosia burnii, also known as the white-spotted judy, is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It lives in montane forests in the Indomalayan region, ranging from India's Naga Hills east through Myanmar to northern Vietnam.

Taxonomy and name origin: It was previously placed in the genus Abisara, but that group was found to be polyphyletic. A new genus, Sibosia, was created in 2024. The name Sibosia is an anagram of Sosibia, a name used by Fruhstorfer in 1914 but later ruled unavailable because it was a junior homonym of a stick-insect genus named by Stål in 1875. The genus Sibosia is defined by features such as a short series of discal and postdiscal lines or dots on the underside of the forewing; hindwings without tails; and male genitalia without external processes on the valves. Currently, Sibosia contains only Sibosia burnii and its subspecies.

Scientific name details: Binomial name Sibosia burnii (de Nicéville, 1895). Synonyms include Taxila burnii and Abisara burnii.