Abantis bicolor: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Abantis
- Species
- Abantis bicolor
- Scientific Name
- Abantis bicolor
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Abantis bicolor
Abantis bicolor, the bicoloured skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae and the subfamily Pyrginae. Described in 1864 and endemic to South Africa, the bicoloured skipper is restricted to lowland forests from the Eastern Cape to the southern and northern coasts of KwaZulu-Natal.
The wingspan is 36–41 mm for males and 35–45 mm for females. There are two generations per year, with a peak in spring from October to November and a stronger peak in autumn from March to June.
...Abantis bicolor in languages:
- English
- Bicoloured Paradise Skipper
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Abantis arctomarginata
- Abantis bamptoni
- Abantis bergeri
- Abantis bicolor
- Abantis bismarcki
- Abantis contigua
- Abantis efulensis
- Abantis elegantula
- Abantis eltringhami
- Abantis iruma
- Abantis ituri
- Abantis ja
- Abantis leucogaster
- Abantis lucretia
- Abantis meneliki
- Abantis meru
- Abantis nigeriana
- Abantis paradisea
- Abantis pseudonigeriana
- Abantis rubra
- Abantis tanobia
- Abantis tettensis
- Abantis venosa
- Abantis vidua
- Abantis zambesiaca