Abantis pseudonigeriana
Abantis pseudonigeriana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Abantis |
Species: | A. pseudonigeriana |
Binomial name | |
Abantis pseudonigeriana Usher, 1984[1] | |
Abantis pseudonigeriana, the beige paradise skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in eastern Senegal, Guinea, northern Sierra Leone, northern Ghana and Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.
Adult males have been found feeding on dead turtles and dead fish but are also attracted to flowers. There is a dry-season and a wet-season form.
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