Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Abantis | |
Similar Acraea anemosa, Abantis, Hemiolaus caeculus, Axiocerses amanga, Acraea igola | ||
Abantis zambesiaca, the Zambezi paradise skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in western and southern Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Shaba), Zambia, Malawi, Namibia (Caprivi), Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of savanna and Brachystegia woodland.
Adults are attracted to flowers and adult males mud-puddle. Adults are on wing from August to November and from February to May.
The larvae feed on Pericopsis angolensis and Swartzia madagascariensis.
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