Bi-Coloured Skipper vs Day jessamine

Abantis bicolor compared with Cestrum diurnum

Key Differences

• Bi-Coloured Skipper is Near Threatened while Day jessamine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bi-Coloured Skipper	Day jessamine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Hesperiidae	Solanaceae
Genus	Abantis	Cestrum
Species	Abantis bicolor	Cestrum diurnum

Conservation Status

Bi-Coloured Skipper

NT — Near Threatened

Day jessamine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bi-Coloured Skipper	Day jessamine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bi-Coloured Skipper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Day jessamine

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal), North America (Bahamas, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil).

Bi-Coloured Skipper

The Bi-Coloured Skipper (Abantis bicolor) is a species in the genus Abantis. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.