Abantis leucogaster
| Streaked paradise skipper | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Abantis |
| Species: | A. leucogaster
|
| Binomial name | |
| Abantis leucogaster | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Abantis leucogaster, the streaked paradise skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests and well-developed secondary forests.
Adults have been recorded feeding from flowers.
Subspecies
[edit]- Abantis leucogaster leucogaster (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Abantis leucogaster iruma Evans, 1951 (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
References
[edit]
Wikispecies has information related to Abantis leucogaster.
- ^ Abantis, funet.fi
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
 | This Pyrginae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |