Abantis bamptoni

Abantis bamptoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Abantis
Species: A. bamptoni
Binomial name
Abantis bamptoni
Collins & Larsen, 1994[1]
Synonyms
  • Abantis bismarcki f. neavei Aurivillius, 1925

Abantis bamptoni, Bampton’s Paradise Skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, western Tanzania, northern Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (from Shaba to Mpala).[2] The habitat consists of deciduous woodland, including Brachystegia woodland.

Adults have been recorded feeding from tall purple flowers, as well as from the flowers of Lantana species.

The larvae feed on Uapaca kirkiana, Uapaca nitida and Uapaca sansibarica.

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