Abantis contigua

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| genus = Abantis

| species = contigua

| authority = Evans, 1937[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/abantis/index.html Abantis], funet.fi

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• Abantis venosa contigua Evans, 1937

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Abantis contigua, the contiguous paradise skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and Zambia (from the north-west to the Copperbelt).{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/hesperiidae_pyrginae.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae |access-date=2013-01-22 |archive-date=2013-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203030759/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/hesperiidae_pyrginae.doc |url-status=dead }} The habitat consists of deciduous woodland.