The Abo butterfly bat is a small bat recorded across West and Central Africa. It has gray-brown fur and dark wings, with variable markings.
It is medium-small, with grayish-brown dorsal fur and dark wings. Pale shoulder spots and a flank stripe may be absent in some individuals.
The review's locality table includes records from lowland tropical moist forest and cocoa plantations. The Cameroon assessment did not add new details about this species' roosts or diet.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.