Astictopterus abjecta

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Astictopterus abjecta
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A. abjecta
Binomial name
Astictopterus abjecta
(Snellen, 1872) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila abjectaSnellen, 1872
  • Steropes furvusMabille, 1890
  • Cyclopides uniformisKarsch, 1893
  • Leptalina niangarensisHolland, 1920

Astictopterus abjecta, the abject hopper, is a 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.

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