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Abantis lucretia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Abantis

Abantis lucretia

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. 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

    Abantis lucretia Wikipedia
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