Isoteinon Abjecta
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''Isoteinon abjecta'', the abject hopper, is a species of
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 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.Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
/ref> The habitat consists of forests and humid Guinea savanna.


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Butterflies described in 1872 Astictopterini Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen {{Hesperiinae-stub