Контекст: A pant type absorbent article (1) such as a pant diaper, a sanitary pant or incontinence pant, said article having a core region (3) comprising an absorbent core (2) and a chassis (4) surrounding the core region, said chassis comprising front, back and waist regions (5, 6 and 7), while the core region is located at least in a crotch portion (19) of the article, a liquid impermeable backsheet (9) is arranged at least in the core region (3) on the garment-facing side of the absorbent core (2) and a liquid permeable topsheet (8) is arranged at least in the core region (3) on the wearer-facing side of the absorbent core (2), said article having a longitudinal (y) and a transverse direction (x), cha racterized i n that said article in at least a part of the chassis region (4) comprises an outer coversheet (10) in the form of an elastic web material (11) constituting the sole component of the chassis in at least 20% of the total surface area of the article, said elastic web material having an opacity of at least 40% and a basis weight of no more than 100g/m<2>.