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Abantis elegantula

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Species of butterfly

Abantis elegantula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Abantis
Species: A. elegantula
Binomial name
Abantis elegantula
(Mabille, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Sapaea elegantula Mabille, 1890
  • Abantis maesseni Miller, 1971

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

Adult males mud-puddle.

References

  1. Abantis, funet.fi
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
Taxon identifiers
Abantis maesseni


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