Abantis lucretia
Abantis lucretia | |
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Abantis lucretia figure 4 (male), 5 (female) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Abantis |
Species: | A. lucretia |
Binomial name | |
Abantis lucretia Druce, 1909[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Abantis lucretia, Lucretia's paradise skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adult males mud-puddle.
Subspecies
- Abantis lucretia lucretia (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon)
- Abantis lucretia etoumbiensis Miller, 1971 (Congo, south-western Uganda)
- Abantis lucretia lofu Neave, 1910 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, northern Zambia)
References
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