Abantis paradisea, the paradise skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Zululand, Transvaal, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and from Botswana to Somalia.

Adults are on wing year-round with peaks in autumn from April to June and in spring from August to November.

[4] The larvae feed on Hibiscus tiliaceus, Cola natalensis, Annona species, Bridelia cathartica, Bridelia micrantha, Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia, Lonchocarpus capassa and Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius.

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