Abantis tettensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Abantis
- Species
- Abantis tettensis
- Scientific Name
- Abantis tettensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Abantis tettensis
Abantis tettensis, the spotted velvet skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South-West Africa, Botswana, Transvaal, northern Cape, from Zimbabwe to Zaire and in Kenya.
The wingspan is 35–40 mm for males and 35–45 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to April (with a peak from October to November). There is one extended generation per year.
The larvae feed on Grewia species including Grewia flava and Grewia monticola.
...Abantis tettensis in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Koppiedartelaartjie
- English
- Spotted Paradise Skipper
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
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- 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