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For for the ancient people, see Abantes. For their land, see Euboea.
"Paradise skippers" redirects here. For the species known as the paradise skipper, see Abantis paradisea.

Abantis
Abantis venosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Tagiadini
Genus: Abantis
Hopffer, 1855[1]
Synonyms
  • Sapaea Plötz, 1879[1]
  • Abantiades Fairmaire, 1894 (not Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)[2]

Abantis is an Afrotropical[2] genus of skipper butterflies.[1] They are also known as the paradise skippers.[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Abantis". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b "ABANTIS - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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