Abantis lucretia

Abantis lucretia, or Lucretia's paradise skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1909. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Lucretia's paradise skipper
male and female, upper and underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Abantis
Species:	A. lucretia
Binomial name
Abantis lucretia H. H. Druce, 1909[1]
Synonyms
Abantis lofu Neave, 1910

Adult males mud-puddle.

Subspecies

• Abantis lucretia lucretia (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon)
• Abantis lucretia etoumbiensis Miller, 1971 (Congo, south-western Uganda)
• Abantis lucretia lofu Neave, 1910 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, northern Zambia)