Abantis

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; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Abantis (Pyrginae); [BK], 401; [AfrL]
Sapaea; [NHM-BMW]

Abantis bismarcki Karsch, 1892

Tanganyika, Nigeria - S.Sudan, Kenya. See [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 bismarcki; [BK]: 402, pl. 58, f. 761
Abantis bismarcki neavei; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Abantis bismarcki; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 2; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Abantis bamptoni Collins & Larsen, 1994

Zimbabwe, Zambia, Shaba. See [maps]

Abantis bamptoni; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

Abantis efulensis Holland, 1896

Cameroons, Congo. See [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]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Abantis leucogaster (Mabille, 1890)

Sierra Leone, Cameroons. See [maps]

Sapaea leucogaster Mabille, 1890; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10 (1): 32; TL: Sierra Leone

Abantis leucogaster rotundala; [iNaturalist]
Abantis leucogaster; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 3; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

A. l. leucogaster

Abantis leucogaster leucogaster; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

A. l. iruma Evans, 1951

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

Abantis iruma; [iNaturalist]
Abantis leucogaster iruma; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855

South West Africa, Botswana, Transvaal, N.Cape, Rhodesia - Zaire, Kenya. See [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]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

Abantis bicolor (Trimen, 1864)

Transkei, Natal, Zululand. See [maps]

Leucochitonea bicolor Trimen, 1864; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2: 180

Abantis bicolor; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 1; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Abantis arctomarginata Lathy, 1901

Tanzania, Malawi. See [maps]

Abantis arctomarginata Lathy, 1901; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1901 (1): 34

Abantis arctomarginata; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Abantis bismarcki arctomarginata; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Abantis zambesiaca (Westwood, 1874)

Rhodesia, Moçambique. See [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]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Abantis paradisea (Butler, 1870)

Natal, Zululand, Transvaal, Swaziland, Rhodesia, Botswana, S.Africa - Somalia. See [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; [PBSA]; [BK]: 402, pl. 58, f. 762; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

Abantis meru Evans, 1947

Kenya. See [maps] Meru Paradise Skipper

Abantis meru; [AfrL]; [BK]: 402, pl. 58, f. 763; [iNaturalist]
Abantis paradisea meru;

Abantis venosa Trimen, 1889

Zululand, Swaziland, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Kenya, Uganda. See [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]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

Abantis elegantula (Mabille, 1890)

Sierra Leone. See [maps]

Sapaea elegantula Mabille, 1890; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10 (1): 32; TL: Sierra Leone
- = ?Abantis venosa;

Abantis elegantula; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Abantis venosa elegantula; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Abantis contigua Evans, 1937

Cameroun - W.Kenya. See [maps]

Abantis contigua Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 55

Abantis contigua; [BK]: 403, pl. 59, f. 765; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Abantis venosa contigua; ; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Abantis eltringhami Jordan, 1932

Abantis eltringhami Jordan, 1932; Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 6 (3): 89

Abantis eltringhami; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Abantis ja Druce, 1909

Cameroun, .... See [maps]

Abantis ja Druce, 1909; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909: 408, pl. 67, f. 2; TL: Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons, 2000ft

Abantis ja ja; [iNaturalist]
Abantis ja; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist]

A. j. usheri Collins & Larsen, 2008 Ghana

Abantis ja usheri Collins & Larsen, 2008; Metamorphosis 19 (2): 89; TL: Ghana, Central Region, Atewa Range, (06°16N 00°34W)

Abantis ja usheri; [iNaturalist]

Abantis lucretia Druce, 1909

-. See [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]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

A. l. lucretia Cameroun

Abantis lucretia lucretia; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

A. l. etoumbiensis Miller, 1971 Congo

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

Abantis lucretia etoumbiensis; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

A. l. lofu Neave, 1910

lucretia lofu Neave, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910: 72

Abantis lucretia lofu; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Abantis maesseni Miller, 1971

Ghana. See [maps]

Abantis maesseni Miller, 1971; Bull. Allyn Mus. 2: 3; TL: Ghana, Likpe

Abantis maesseni; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Abantis meneliki Berger, 1979

Ethiopia. See [maps]

Abantis meneliki Berger, 1979; Lambillionea 78 (9-10): 67

Abantis meneliki; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Abantis nigeriana Butler, 1901

Abantis nigeriana Butler, 1901; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 8: 59

Abantis nigeriana; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

A. n. nigeriana

Abantis nigeriana nigeriana; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

A. n. rougeoti Berger, 1959

nigeriana rougeoti Berger, 1959; Lambillionea 59: 93

Abantis nigeriana rougeoti; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Abantis pseudonigeriana Usher, 1984

Abantis pseudonigeriana; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Abantis rubra Holland, 1920

Congo. See [maps]

Abantis rubra Holland, 1920; Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 43 (6): 253, pl. 7, f. 1; TL: Medje

Abantis rubra; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Abantis tanobia Collins & Larsen, 2005

Ghana. See [maps]

Abantis tanobia Collins & Larsen, 2005; Butterflies of West Africa: 558; TL: Ghana, Tano Ofin

Abantis tanobia; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

Abantis vidua Weymer, 1901

Abantis vidua Weymer, 1901; Ent. Zs. 15 (17): 66

Abantis vidua; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

References:

[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!
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[FLMNH] Florida Museum of Natural History
Bulletin of the Allyn Museum
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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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
Collins & Larsen, 2008
Eighteen new species, five new subspecies, and interesting data on other African butterflies - Fourth ABRI research paper Metamorphosis 19 (2) : 42-113
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
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
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history Butterflies of Kenya
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
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
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 (1) : 17-51, pl. 2-3
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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