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Bicoloured Paradise Skipper
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Bicoloured Paradise Skipper

Abantis bicolor

Abantis bicolor, the bicoloured skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae and the subfamily Pyrginae. Described in 1864, found in South Africa, Abantis bicolor is restricted to lowland forests from the eastern Cape to the southern coast of KwaZulu-Natal.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 646317.