Bi-Coloured Skipper vs Wild passionfruit

Abantis bicolor compared with Passiflora suberosa

Key Differences

• Bi-Coloured Skipper is Near Threatened while Wild passionfruit is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bi-Coloured Skipper	Wild passionfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Hesperiidae	Passifloraceae
Genus	Abantis	Passiflora
Species	Abantis bicolor	Passiflora suberosa

Conservation Status

Bi-Coloured Skipper

NT — Near Threatened

Wild passionfruit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bi-Coloured Skipper	Wild passionfruit
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bi-Coloured Skipper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Wild passionfruit

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (8 countries), 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.