Abantis lucretia
| Abantis lucretia | |
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| Abantis lucretia figure 4 (male), 5 (female) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Abantis |
| Species: | A. lucretia |
| Binomial name | |
| Abantis lucretia Druce, 1909[1] | |
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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 Congo, the Democratic Republic of 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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