Astictopterus Explained

Astictopterus is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. There are two species groups, one Afrotropical, the other Indomalayan.

Species

• 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)

Former species

• Astictopterus abjecta (Snellen, 1872) – abject hopper - transferred to Isoteinon abjecta (Snellen, 1872)
• Astictopterus armatus Druce, 1873 - transferred to Kerana armatus (Druce, 1873)
• Astictopterus butleri de Nicéville, [1884] - transferred to Koruthaialos butleri (de Nicéville, [1884])
• Astictopterus ozias Hewitson, 1878 - transferred to Oz ozias (Hewitson, 1878)
• Astictopterus stellata (Mabille, 1891) – spotted sylph or fairy - transferred to Dotta stellata (Mabille, 1891)
• Astictopterus tura Evans, 1951 - transferred to Dotta tura (Evans, 1951)

Biology

The larvae feed on Gramineae, Marantaceae, Acanthaceae including Miscanthus sinensis, Phrynium spicatum, Asystasia ^[1]

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• Astictopterus at funet
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 77

Notes and References

1. 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