Acerbas (skipper) explained

Acerbas is an Indomalayan genus of skipper butterflies.

Species

Species in Acerbas are:^{[1] [2]}

• Acerbas anthea (Hewitson, 1868) (Burma to Malaya, Java, Cambodia, Luzon)
• Acerbas azona (Hewitson, 1866) (Celebes)
• Acerbas duris (Mabille, 1883) (Philippines)
• Acerbas latefascia de Jong, 1982 (Celebes)
• Acerbas nitidifasciata Elwes & Edwards, 1897
• Acerbas sarala (de Nicéville, 1889)^[3]
• Acerbas selta Evans, 1949 (Borneo)
• Acerbas suttoni Russel, 1984 (Celebes)

Former species

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

Biology

Acerbas anthea larvae feed on Calamus.^[4]

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Acerbas de Nicéville, 1895 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Notes and References

1. Web site: Acerbas . Brower, Andrew V. Z.. 2008 . The Tree of Life Web Project.
2. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/acerbas/index.html Acerbas
3. Cong . Qian . Zhang . Jing . Shen . Jinhui . Grishin . Nick V. . Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) . Insecta Mundi . 11 October 2019 . 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