''Artitropa'' 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 ...
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Species
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Artitropa alaotrana
''Artitropa alaotrana'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found on Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Mada ...
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Oberthür, 1916
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Artitropa boseae
''Artitropa boseae'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in northern and eastern Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: R ...
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(Saalmüller, 1880)
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Artitropa cama
''Artitropa cama'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central ...
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Evans, 1937
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Artitropa comus
''Artitropa comus'', the western nightfighter, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic ...
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(Cramer, 1782)
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Artitropa erinnys''
(Trimen, 1862)
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Artitropa hollandi
''Artitropa hollandi'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in northern and eastern Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: ...
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Oberthür, 1916
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Artitropa milleri
''Artitropa milleri'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Kenya.
The larvae feed on '' Dracaena usambarensis'', ''Dracaena laxissima
Dracaena (romanized for ...
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Riley, 1925
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Artitropa reducta
''Artitropa reducta'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, southern Ethiopia, the coast of Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique ...
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Aurivillius, 1925
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Artitropa usambarae
''Artitropa usambarae'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in north-eastern Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within ...
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Congdon, Kielland, & Collins, 1998
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 80
Hesperiidae genera
{{Hesperiinae-stub