Bi-Coloured Skipper vs Jaggery palm

Abantis bicolor compared with Caryota urens

Key Differences

• Bi-Coloured Skipper is Near Threatened while Jaggery palm is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bi-Coloured Skipper	Jaggery palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Hesperiidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Abantis	Caryota
Species	Abantis bicolor	Caryota urens

Conservation Status

Bi-Coloured Skipper

NT — Near Threatened

Jaggery palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bi-Coloured Skipper	Jaggery palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bi-Coloured Skipper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Jaggery palm

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (India, Maldives, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.