Zambezi paradise skipper | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Abantis |
Species: | A. zambesiaca
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Binomial name | |
Abantis zambesiaca | |
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Abantis zambesiaca, the Zambezi paradise skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in western and southern Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Shaba), Zambia, Malawi, Namibia (Caprivi), Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] 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.
References
[edit]- ^ Abantis, funet.fi
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-01-22.