Abantis cassualalla
| Abantis cassualalla | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Abantis |
| Species: | A. cassualalla
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| Binomial name | |
| Abantis cassualalla (Bethune-Baker, 1911)[1]
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Abantis cassualalla, the Kavango skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Angola and northern Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of very dry savanna.
Adults feed from the flowers of trees in spring. They are on wing from September to June. There are seasonal forms.
The larvae feed on Grewia species
References
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- ^ Caprona, funet.fi
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
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