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Abantis lucretia

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Abantis lucretia
Abantis lucretia figure 4 (male), 5 (female)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Abantis
Species:
A. lucretia
Binomial name
Abantis lucretia
Druce, 1909[1]
Synonyms
  • Abantis lofu Neave, 1910

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.[2] 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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