Abantis lucretia

Abantis lucretia
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
  • Abantis lofu Neave, 1910

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

References

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