The Astictopterini are a

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in the

Hesperiinae Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. Description and distribution With over 2,000 described sp ...

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of skipper

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. As most Hesperiinae have not yet been assigned to tribes, more

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may be placed here eventually.

Species

Recognised genera in the tribe Astictopterini include (incomplete): * ''

Acada ''Acada'' is an Afrotropical The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It w ...

'' Evans, 1937 * ''

Acleros ''Acleros'' is an Afrotropical genus of skippers. Species *'' Acleros bibundica'' Strand, 1913 *'' Acleros leucopyga'' (Mabille, 1877) *'' Acleros mackenii'' (Trimen, 1868) *''Acleros neavei ''Acleros'' is an Afrotropical genus of skipper ...

'' Mabille, 1885 * '' Actinor'' Watson, 1893 * ''

Aeromachus ''Aeromachus'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. The species are known by the common name of scrub hoppers. They are found in the eastern Palearctic and the Indomalayan realm. Club of antenna of medium thickness, with a sho ...

'' de Nicéville, 1890 * ''

Andronymus ''Andronymus'' is an Afrotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a sep ...

'' Holland, 1896 * '' Artitropa'' Holland, 1896 * '' Astictopterus'' C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860 * '' Ceratricula'' Larsen, 2013 * '' Dotta'' Grishin, 2019 * '' Eogenes'' Mabille, 1909 * '' Fresna'' Evans, 1937 * ''

Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. Histor ...

'' Evans, 1937 * '' Galerga'' Mabille, 1898 * '' Gorgyra'' Holland, 1896 * '' Halpe'' Moore, 1878 * '' Hollandus'' Larsen and Collins, 2015 * '' Hypoleucis'' Mabille, 1891 * ''

Isoteinon ''Isoteinon'' is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The type species is '' Isoteinon lamprospilus'' from eastern Asia. However, recent studies based largely on genomic data have supported inclusion of several African specie ...

'' C.Felder & R. Felder, 1862 * '' Lennia'' Grishin, 2022 * '' Lissia'' Grishin, 2019 * '' Nervia'' Grishin, 2019 * '' Onryza'' * '' Pithauria'' * '' Thoressa'' * '' Trida'' Grishin, 2022 * '' Xanthonymus'' Grishin, 2019

References

External links

* * Butterfly tribes Taxa described in 2019 {{hesperiinae-stub