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:
AnnonaceaeAnnona (Larval foodplant)
Malvaceae subfamily MalvoideaeHibiscus (Larval foodplant)
Related plant species:
PhyllanthaceaeBridelia micrantha (Food plant)
PhyllanthaceaePseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia (Food plant)
SapindaceaeLecaniodiscus fraxinifolius (Larval foodplant)
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 Burundi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Abantis paradisea .
https://www.burundiflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400210, retrieved 18 October 2024

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