Abantis venosa - Veined skipper

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Abantis venosa

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Bela Vista, Gorongosa National Park.

Species details:

Note:
Distribution: Southern DRC. Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.
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Related plant species:
Fabaceae subfamily PapilionoideaePterocarpus brenanii (Larval foodplant)
Fabaceae subfamily PapilionoideaePterocarpus rotundifolius subsp. rotundifolius (Larval foodplant)
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 317.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 372.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Hesperiidae subfamily Pyrginae, p. 140, Online Encyclopaedia.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Abantis venosa .
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403280, retrieved 5 December 2024

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