Abantis elegantula

Abantis elegantula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Hesperiidae
Genus:Abantis
Species: A. elegantula
Binomial name
Abantis elegantula
(Mabille, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sapaea elegantula Mabille, 1890
  • Abantis maesseni Miller, 1971

Abantis elegantula, the elegant paradise skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of forests, including forest-savanna mosaic.

Adult males mud-puddle.

References

  1. ↑ Abantis, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae


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