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Abantis venosa - Veined skipper

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Abantis venosa

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

Species details:

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Distribution: Southern DRC. Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.
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Fabaceae subfamily PapilionoideaePterocarpus brenanii (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.
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Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Abantis venosa .
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403280, retrieved 19 April 2024

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