''Apostictopterus'' is a genus of
skippers in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
. It contains only one species, ''Apostictopterus fuliginosus'', which is found in
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
(
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
) and West China.
Subspecies
*''Apostictopterus fuliginosus fuliginosus''
*''Apostictopterus fuliginosus curiosa''
(Swinhoe, 1917) (Assam)
References
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Erionotini
Butterflies of Indochina
Monotypic butterfly genera
Hesperiidae genera
Butterflies described in 1893
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