Acerbas (skipper)

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Acerbas
Acerbas nitidifasciata Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (figure 9)
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Acerbas

Species

Numerous, see text

Acerbas is an Indomalayan genus of skipper butterflies.

Species[edit]

Species in Acerbas are:[1][2]

Former species[edit]

  • Acerbas martini (Distant and Pryer, 1887) - transferred to Cerba martini (Distant and Pryer, 1887)

Biology[edit]

Acerbas anthea larvae feed on Calamus.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2008). "Acerbas". The Tree of Life Web Project.
  2. ^ Acerbas at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  3. ^ Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick V. (11 October 2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
  4. ^ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. nhm hosts

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