Abantis paradisea - Paradise skipper

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Abantis paradisea

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, wooded grassland above Morumbodzi Falls, Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique.

Species details:

Note: Found throughout the year but most common from August to October.
Distribution: Nigeria, Southern DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
Malvaceae subfamily MalvoideaeHibiscus (Larval foodplant)
Related plant species:
PhyllanthaceaePseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia (Food plant)
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 316.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 372.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Hesperiidae subfamily Pyrginae, p. 134, Online Encyclopaedia.



Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Abantis paradisea .
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400210, retrieved 7 October 2024

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