Abantis lucretia

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Abantis

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)

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