Abantis venosa
Encyclopedia
The Veined Skipper or Veined Paradise Skipper (Abantis venosa) is a butterfly
of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Zululand
, Swaziland
, Transvaal
, Zimbabwe
, Kenya
and Uganda
.
The wingspan
is 36–41 mm for males and 35–45 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round with peaks in late summer from February to April and in spring from August to November.
The larvae feed on Pterocarpus rotundifolius and Pterocarpus brenanii
.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Zululand
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....
, Swaziland
Swaziland
Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...
, Transvaal
Transvaal Province
Transvaal Province was a province of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and of its successor, the Republic of South Africa, from 1961 until the end of apartheid in 1994 when a new constitution subdivided it.-History:...
, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
and Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 36–41 mm for males and 35–45 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round with peaks in late summer from February to April and in spring from August to November.
The larvae feed on Pterocarpus rotundifolius and Pterocarpus brenanii
Pterocarpus brenanii
Pterocarpus brenanii is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found in Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
.