Astictopterus
Astictopterus is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. There are two species groups, one Afrotropical, the other Indomalayan.
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| A. jama olivascens in Rhopalocera of Java (figure 80) | |
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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
    
- 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
 
External links
    
- Astictopterus at funet
 - Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 77
 
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