Astictopterus
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| Astricopterus olivascensin Rhopalocera of Java (figure 80) | |
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Astictopterus is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.There are two species groups, one Afrotropical, the other Indomalayan.
Species
- Astictopterus abjecta (Snellen, 1872) – abject hopper
- Astictopterus anomoeus (Plötz, 1879) – yellow hopper
- Astictopterus bruno (Evans, 1937)
- Astictopterus inornatus (Trimen, 1864) – modest sylph
- Astictopterus jama C. & R. Felder, 1860 – forest hopper
- Astictopterus punctulata (Butler, 1895)
- Astictopterus stellata (Mabille, 1891) – spotted sylph or fairy
- Astictopterus tura Evans, 1951
Biology
The larvae feed on Gramineae, Marantaceae, Acanthaceae including Miscanthus sinensis, Phrynium spicatum, Asystasia [1]
References
External links
- Astictopterus at funet
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 77
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