genus

AbantisHopffer, 1855

Buff-tipped Skippers

species
6out of 1833% covered
images
24

Counts cover images whose name resolved to a species accepted by Catalogue of Life, so they can be lower than the totals on the Collections page. Totals and percentages compare them with the accepted families, genera and species Catalogue of Life places in this taxon.

Species in this genus

Morphospace

Variation in species coloration mapped onto the latent space. Each species is represented by two points, one for its dorsal side and one for its ventral side. The farther apart the dorsal and ventral points are, the more different the two sides are in coloration.

Classification

  • genusAbantis6 species24 images
    • speciesAbantis bamptoniCollins & Larsen, 1994
    • speciesAbantis bicolor(Trimen, 1864)1 image
    • speciesAbantis bismarckiKarsch, 1892
    • speciesAbantis efulensisHolland, 1896
    • speciesAbantis elegantula4 images
    • speciesAbantis eltringhamiJordan, 1932
    • speciesAbantis jaDruce, 19096 images
    • speciesAbantis leucogaster(Mabille, 1890)
    • speciesAbantis lucretiaDruce, 1909
    • speciesAbantis maesseniMiller, 1971
    • speciesAbantis menelikiBerger, 1979
    • speciesAbantis nigerianaButler, 1901
    • speciesAbantis paradisea(Butler, 1870)3 images
    • speciesAbantis pseudonigerianaUsher, 1984
    • speciesAbantis rubraHolland, 1920
    • speciesAbantis tettensisHopffer, 1855
    • speciesAbantis venosaTrimen, 18896 images
    • speciesAbantis zambesiaca(Westwood, 1874)4 images

Linked species have records in the collection. Species in grey are in the Catalogue of Life classification but have no images here yet.

Source: Catalogue of Life (v2026-08-26 XR)