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Abantis Hopffer, 1855

Paradise Skippers
Abantis Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855: 643, TS: Abantis tettensis Hopffer
Abantiades Fairmaire, 1894; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 38: 395 (unjust repl. Abantis Hopffer), TS: Abantis tettensis Hopffer
Abantis (Pyrginae) ; [BK, 401]; [AfrL]

Abantis bismarcki Karsch, 1892

Tanganyika, Nigeria - S.Sudan, Kenya. See [About maps] Bismarck's Paradise Skipper
Abantis bismarcki ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 2]
Abantis bismarcki bismarcki ; [BK: 402, pl. 58, f. 761]

Abantis bamptoni Collins & Larsen, 1994

Zimbabwe, Zambia, Shaba. See [About maps] Abantis bamptoni ; [AfrL]

Abantis efulensis Holland, 1896

Cameroons, Congo. See [About maps] Abantis efulensis ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 3 (text)]; [AfrL]

?Abantis flava Evans²

Uganda. See [About maps] Abantis flava ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 7 (text)]

Abantis leucogaster (Mabille, 1890)

Sierra Leone, Cameroons. See [About maps] Abantis leucogaster ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 3]; [AfrL]

A. l. leucogaster

Abantis leucogaster leucogaster ; [AfrL]

A. l. iruma Evans, 1951

Abantis leucogaster iruma ; [AfrL]

Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855

South West Africa, Botswana, Transvaal, N.Cape, Rhodesia - Zaire, Kenya. See [About maps] Spotted Velvet Skipper
Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855: 643, TL: [Zambesi]
Abantis tettensis ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 6]; [BK: 401, pl. 58, f. 760]; [AfrL]

Abantis bicolor (Trimen, 1864)

Transkei, Natal, Zululand. See [About maps] Leucochitonea bicolor Trimen, 1864; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2: 180
Abantis bicolor ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 1]; [AfrL]

Abantis arctomarginata Lathy, 1901

Tanzania, Malawi. See [About maps] Abantis arctomarginata Lathy, 1901; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1901: 34
Abantis arctomarginata ; [AfrL]

Abantis zambesiaca (Westwood, 1874)

Rhodesia, Moçambique. See [About maps] Hesperia zambesiaca Westwood, 1874; Thesaurus Ent. Oxoniensis: 183
Abantis zambesiaca ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 5]; [AfrL]

Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)

Natal, Zululand, Transvaal, Swaziland, Rhodesia, Botswana, S.Africa - Somalia. See [About maps] Paradise Skipper
Leucochitonea paradisea Butler, 1870; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4): 499
Abantis paradisea ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 4]; [BK: 402, pl. 58, f. 762]; [AfrL]

Larva on Hibiscus tiliaceus, Cola natalensis [PBSA], Hibiscus, Bridelia, Lecanoidiscus, Pterocarpus [BK]

Abantis meru Evans, 1947

Kenya. See [About maps] Meru Paradise Skipper
Abantis paradisea meru ;
Abantis meru ; [AfrL]; [BK: 402, pl. 58, f. 763]

Larva on Hibiscus, Vernonia [BK]

Abantis venosa Trimen, 1889

Zululand, Swaziland, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Kenya. See [About maps] Veined Paradise Skipper
Abantis venosa Trimen, 1889; South-African Butts 3: 339
Abantis venosa ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 7]; [BK: 403, pl. 59, f. 764]; [AfrL]

Abantis contigua Evans, 1937

Cameroun - W.Kenya. See [About maps] Abantis contigua ; [BK: 403, pl. 59, f. 765]; [AfrL]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[AfrL]

Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams

[BK]

Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[PBSA]

Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Butler, 1870

Descriptions of some new diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperiidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4): 485-520

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