Abantis

Abantis
Abantis venosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Tagiadini
Genus: Abantis
Hopffer, 1855[1]
Synonyms
  • Sapaea Plötz, 1879[1]
  • Abantiades Fairmaire, 1894 (not Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)[2]

Abantis is an Afrotropical[2] genus of skipper butterflies.[1] They are also known as the paradise skippers.[1]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Abantis". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "ABANTIS - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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