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''Abantis meru'' is a
butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
. It is found in
Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...
, where it is only known from the highlands east of the Rift Valley.Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae
/ref> It is part of the taxonomic subspecies of ''hesperiidae''. The larvae feed on '' Vernonia jugalis''.


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Butterflies described in 1947 Tagiadini {{Pyrginae-stub