Notocrypta feisthamelii explained

Notocrypta feisthamelii, the spotted demon, is an Indomalayan butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.^{[1] [3] [4]}

• N. f. rectifasciata Leech West China
• N. f. alysos (Moore, [1866]) Himalaya to Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Langkawi, Malaysia, Yunnan
• N. f. celebensis (Staudinger, 1889) Celebes
• N. f. avattana Fruhstorfer, 1911 Java
• N. f. samyutta Fruhstorfer, 1911 Lombok
• N. f. alinkara Fruhstorfer, 1911 Philippines (Mindanao)
• N. f. padhana Fruhstorfer, 1911 Batjan

The larva feeds on Costus, Maranta, Musa, Amomum, Curcuma, Elettaria, Hedychium, Zingiber.

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]
2. Vane-Wright, R. I., & R. de. Jong. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandlingen 343: 1-267. The name honours the French entomologist Joachim François Philibert Feisthamel.

   The named subspecies are ^[1]

3. Fruhstorfer, 1911 Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25
4. Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A. & Lyal, C. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/lepindex/ [accessed 2 November 2018]