The Afrotropical genus <em>Abantis</em> Hopffer, 1855 includes about 23 species so far, all quite rare. In Evans’ Catalogue of the African Hesperiidae only 14 species were listed but, apart from a few newly discovered ones, some of the subspecies indicated over there have subsequently been raised to species level, although they look very similar in facies with previously recognised taxa. This article shows the presence of an unrecognised species similar to <em>A. lucretia</em> Druce, 1909 in West Africa, namely <em>A. fabiana</em> sp. n., and another one similar to both<em> A. contigua</em> Evans, 1937 and<em> A. elegantula</em> Mabille, 1890 in Central Africa, namely <em>A. torbeni</em> sp. n. The rarity in collections of almost all forest-dwelling <em>Abantis</em> spp. is reported as connected to their habit of flying high in the forest canopy, but the authors have no conclusive evidence of it. Most <em>Abantis</em> are hill-toppers, mud lovers and are attracted by dead animals (fish and turtles), although some of them are also flower-visiting.
A synopsis of Mendoncia (Acanthaceae) in continental Africa including the description of two new species from western Central Africa and a new subspecies from West Africa
