Abantis cassualalla, the Kavango skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Angola and northern Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of very dry savanna.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Abantis |
| Species: | A. cassualalla
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| Binomial name | |
| Abantis cassualalla (Bethune-Baker, 1911)[1]
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Adults feed from the flowers of trees in spring. They are on wing from September to June. There are seasonal forms.
The larvae feed on Grewia species
References
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- ^ Caprona, funet.fi
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
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