Isoteinon abjecta

Isoteinon abjecta, the abject hopper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayoumbe) and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and humid Guinea savanna.

Isoteinon abjecta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Isoteinon
Species:
I. abjecta
Binomial name
Isoteinon abjecta
(Snellen, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
List
  • Pamphila abjecta Snellen, 1872
  • Steropes furvus Mabille, 1890
  • Cyclopides uniformis Karsch, 1893
  • Leptalina niangarensis Holland, 1920
  • Astictopterus abjecta (Snellen, 1872)

References
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  1. Astictopterus, funet.fi
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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