Abantis zambesiaca

Zambezi paradise skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Abantis
Species:	A. zambesiaca
Binomial name
	Abantis zambesiaca; (Westwood, 1874)
Synonyms
	Hesperia (Oxynetra) zambesiaca Westwood, 1874; Sapaea trimeni Butler, 1895;

Abantis zambesiaca, the Zambezi paradise skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in western and southern Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Shaba), Zambia, Malawi, Namibia (Caprivi), Mozambique and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of savanna and Brachystegia woodland.

Adults are attracted to flowers and adult males mud-puddle. Adults are on wing from August to November and from February to May.

The larvae feed on and Swartzia madagascariensis.

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