Abantis

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Pyrginae Phylum Arthropoda		Family Hesperiidae Tribe Tagiadini Rank Genus

Lower classifications Abantis paradisea, Abantis venosa, Abantis tettensis, Abantis bicolor

Abantis is an Afrotropical genus of skippers. They're also known as the paradise skippers.

Species

Abantis arctomarginata Lathy, 1901

Abantis bamptoni Collins & Larsen, 1994

Abantis bicolor (Trimen, 1864)

Abantis bismarcki Karsch, 1892

Abantis contigua Evans, 1937

Abantis efulensis Holland, 1896

Abantis elegantula (Mabille, 1890)

Abantis eltringhami Jordan, 1932

Abantis ja Druce, 1909

Abantis leucogaster (Mabille, 1890)

Abantis lucretia Druce, 1909

Abantis meneliki Berger, 1979

Abantis meru Evans, 1947

Abantis nigeriana Butler, 1901

Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)

Abantis pseudonigeriana Usher, 1984

Abantis rubra Holland, 1920

Abantis tanobia Collins & Larsen, 2005

Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855

Abantis venosa Trimen, 1889

Abantis vidua Weymer, 1901

Abantis zambesiaca (Westwood, 1874)

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