Ancistroides Explained

Ancistroides is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Ancistroides armatus (Druce, 1873)
• Ancistroides folus (Cramer, [1775]) - Sri Lanka, India (South India - Saurashtra, Bombay, Ahmedabad, Madhya Pradesh, Lucknow, Calcutta, Kangara to Assam), Burma, Thailand, Indochina, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia (Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa)^[1]
• Ancistroides gemmifer (Butler, 1879)
• Ancistroides longicornis Butler, 1874
• Ancistroides nigrita (Latreille, [1824]) – chocolate demon
• Ancistroides stellata (Oberthür, 1896) - China

External links

• Ancistroides images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Notes and References

1. Hong Kong biodiversity database (Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Government of Hong Kong)