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Abantis Hopffer, 1855

Paradise Skippers
Abantis Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 643, TS: Abantis tettensis Hopffer
Sapaea Plötz, 1879; Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (4-6) : 177, 179, TS: Leucochitonea bicolor Trimen
Abantiades Fairmaire, 1894; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 38 : 395 (unjust repl. Abantis Hopffer), TS: Abantis tettensis Hopffer
Abantis (Pyrginae) ; [BK, 401]; [AfrL]

Abantis bismarcki Karsch, 1892

Tanganyika, Nigeria - S.Sudan, Kenya. See [About maps] Bismarck's Paradise Skipper
Abantis bismarcki Karsch, 1892; Ent. Nachr. 18 (15) : 228
neavei Aurivillius, 1925; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 569
Abantis bismarcki ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 2]
Abantis bismarcki bismarcki ; [BK: 402, pl. 58, f. 761]

Abantis bamptoni Collins & Larsen, 1994

Zimbabwe, Zambia, Shaba. See [About maps] Abantis bamptoni ; [AfrL]

Abantis efulensis Holland, 1896

Cameroons, Congo. See [About maps] Abantis efulensis Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 21, pl. 5, f. 12
Abantis efulensis ; Druce, 1909, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 : 409; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 3 (text)]; [AfrL]

Abantis leucogaster (Mabille, 1890)

Sierra Leone, Cameroons. See [About maps] Sapaea leucogaster Mabille, 1890; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10 : 32, TL: Sierra Leone
Abantis leucogaster ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 3]; [AfrL]

A. l. leucogaster

Abantis leucogaster leucogaster ; [AfrL]

A. l. iruma Evans, 1951

leucogaster iruma Evans, 1951; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 4: 1270
Abantis leucogaster iruma ; [AfrL]

Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855

South West Africa, Botswana, Transvaal, N.Cape, Rhodesia - Zaire, Kenya. See [About maps] Spotted Velvet Skipper
Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 643, TL: [Zambesi]
Abantis tettensis ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 6]; [BK: 401, pl. 58, f. 760]; [AfrL]

Abantis bicolor (Trimen, 1864)

Transkei, Natal, Zululand. See [About maps] Leucochitonea bicolor Trimen, 1864; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2 : 180
Abantis bicolor ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 1]; [AfrL]

Abantis arctomarginata Lathy, 1901

Tanzania, Malawi. See [About maps] Abantis arctomarginata Lathy, 1901; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1901 (1) : 34
Abantis arctomarginata ; [AfrL]

Abantis zambesiaca (Westwood, 1874)

Rhodesia, Moçambique. See [About maps] Hesperia zambesiaca Westwood, 1874; Thes. ent. Oxon. : 183
trimeni (Butler, 1895) (Sapaea); Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2) : 264
Abantis zambesiaca ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 5]; [AfrL]

Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)

Natal, Zululand, Transvaal, Swaziland, Rhodesia, Botswana, S.Africa - Somalia. See [About maps] Paradise Skipper
Leucochitonea paradisea Butler, 1870; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4) : 499, TL: Port Natal
namaquana (Westwood, 1874) (Hesperia); Thes. ent. Oxon. : 183
Abantis paradisea ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 4]; [BK: 402, pl. 58, f. 762]; [AfrL]

Larva on Hibiscus tiliaceus, Cola natalensis [PBSA], Hibiscus, Bridelia, Lecanoidiscus, Pterocarpus [BK]

Abantis meru Evans, 1947

Kenya. See [About maps] Meru Paradise Skipper
Abantis paradisea meru ;
Abantis meru ; [AfrL]; [BK: 402, pl. 58, f. 763]

Larva on Hibiscus, Vernonia [BK]

Abantis venosa Trimen, 1889

Zululand, Swaziland, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Kenya, Uganda. See [About maps] Veined Paradise Skipper
Abantis venosa Trimen, 1889; South-African Butts 3 : 339
Leucochitonea umvulensis Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (34) : 348, TL: Umvuli River
Abantis plerotica Karsch, 1896; Ent. Nachr. 22 (24) : 374
fulva (Evans, 1937) (Abatis); Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 54
flava Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 54
Abantis flava ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 7 (text)]
Abantis venosa ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 7]; [BK: 403, pl. 59, f. 764]; [AfrL]

Abantis elegantula (Mabille, 1890)

Sierra Leone. See [About maps] Sapaea elegantula Mabille, 1890; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10 : 32, TL: Sierra Leone

= ?Abantis venosa ;

Abantis elegantula ; [AfrL]

Abantis contigua Evans, 1937

Cameroun - W.Kenya. See [About maps] Abantis contigua Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 55
Abantis venosa contigua ;
Abantis contigua ; [BK: 403, pl. 59, f. 765]; [AfrL]

Abantis ja Druce, 1909

Cameroun, .... See [About maps] Abantis ja Druce, 1909; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 : 408, pl. 67, f. 2, TL: Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons, 2000ft
Abantis ja ; [AfrL]

Abantis lucretia Druce, 1909

-. See [About maps] Abantis lucretia Druce, 1909; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 : 409, pl. 67, f. 3, TL: Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons, 2000ft
Abantis lucretia ; Miller, 1971, Bull. Allyn Mus. 2: 2; [AfrL]

A. l. lucretia

Cameroun Abantis lucretia lucretia ; [AfrL]

A. l. etoumbiensis Miller, 1971

Congo Abantis lucretia etoumbiensis Miller, 1971; Bull. Allyn Mus. 2: 3, TL: French Congo, Etoumbi
Abantis lucretia etoumbiensis ; [AfrL]

A. l. lofu Neave, 1910

lucretia lofu Neave, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 72
Abantis lucretia lofu ; [AfrL]

Abantis maesseni Miller, 1971

Ghana. See [About maps] Abantis maesseni Miller, 1971; Bull. Allyn Mus. 2: 3, TL: Ghana, Likpe

Abantis meneliki Berger, 1979

Ethiopia. See [About maps] Abantis meneliki Berger, 1979; Lambillionea 78 (9-10) : 67
Abantis meneliki ; [AfrL]

Abantis rubra Holland, 1920

Congo. See [About maps] Abantis rubra Holland, 1920; Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 43 (6) : 253, pl. 7, f. 1, TL: Medje
Abantis rubra ; [AfrL]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[AfrL]

Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[BK]

Larsen, 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[BOW]

Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[FLNHM]

Florida Museum of Natural History ; Bulletin of the Allyn Museum

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[PBSA]

Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

Some related literature:

Aurivillius, 1925

Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 1-613, pl. 1-80

Berger, 1959

Remarques sur quelques Hesperiidae africaines du Muséum de Paris Lambillionea 59 : 90-94

Berger, 1979

Abantis meneliki n. sp. (Lepidoptera -- Hesperiidae) Lambillionea 78 (9-10) : 67-69

Butler, 1870

Descriptions of some new diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperiidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4) : 485-520

Butler, 1895

On collections of Lepidoptera from British Central Africa and Lake Tanganyika Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2) : 250-270, pl. 15-16

Butler, 1901

On a collection of butterflies made by George Migeod, Esq., in northern Nigeria between September 1899 and January 1900 Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 8 : 57-60

Druce, 1909

On some New and Little-known Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 : 406-413, pl. 67

Evans, 1937

A catalogue of the African Hesperiidae. British Museum Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 1-212, pl. 1-30

Evans, 1951

Revisional notes on African Hesperiidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 4: 1268-1272

Holland, 1896

A Preliminary Revision and Synonymic Catalogue of the Hesperiidae of Africa and the adjacent Islands, with Descriptions of some apparently new species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 2-107, pl. 1-5

Holland, 1920

Lepidoptera of the Congo. Being a Systematic List of the Butterflies and Moths Collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition Together with Descriptions of Some Hitherto Undescribed Species Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 43 (6) : 109-369, pl. 6-14

Hopffer, 1855

[Lepidoptera Diurna] Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 639-643

Jordan, 1932

A new species of Abantis from the Cameroons Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 6 (3) : 89

Karsch, 1892

Abantis bismarcki, eine neue Hesperiidae von Bismarckburg im Togolande (Deutschwestafrika) Ent. Nachr. 18 (15) : 228-232

Karsch, 1896

Aethiepische Hesperiiden Ent. Nachr. 22 (24) : 372-378

Lathy, 1901

An Account of a Collection of Rhopalocera made at Zomba in British Central Africa Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1901 (1) : 19-36, pl. 3

Mabille, 1890

Voyage de M. Ch. Allaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et aout 1886. Lépidoptéres avec des notes sur quelques autres espéces d'Afrique Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10 : 17-51, 2pls

Miller, 1971

Descriptions of new species and notes on other Hesperiidae of Africa Bull. Allyn Mus. 2

Neave, 1910

Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 2-86, pl. 1-3

Plötz, 1879

Hesperiina Herr. Sch. Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (4-6) : 175-180

Sharpe, 1890

Descriptions of some new Species of African Butterflies in the Collection of Captain G. E. Shelley Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (34) : 346-350

Trimen, 1864

Descriptions of some New Species of Butterflies found in Southern Africa Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2 : 175-180

Trimen, 1889

South-African Butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species. Vol. 3 South-African Butts 3 : 1-438, pl. 10-12

Westwood, 1874

Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis Thes. ent. Oxon. : 1-205, 40pls

Weymer, 1901

Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna von Angola Ent. Zs. 15 (16): 61-64, (17): 65-67, (18): 69-70

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