Astictopterus abjecta

Astictopterus abjecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Astictopterus
Species: A. abjecta
Binomial name
Astictopterus abjecta
(Snellen, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila abjecta Snellen, 1872
  • Steropes furvus Mabille, 1890
  • Cyclopides uniformis Karsch, 1893
  • Leptalina niangarensis Holland, 1920

Astictopterus abjecta, the abject hopper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayoumbe) and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and humid Guinea savanna.

References

  1. ↑ Astictopterus, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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