''Astictopterus'' is a genus of

grass skippers 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 ...

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 separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...

. The type species is from Southeast Asia. Previously the genus contained two species groups, one from the

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which at core remains, whilst the second from the

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 was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...

region are more recently placed in the genus '' Dotta'' or ''

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 ...

''.

Species

The genus is now potentially monophyletic containing: *''

Astictopterus jama ''Astictopterus jama'', the forest hopper or coon, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Southeast Asia. The larvae feed on ''Miscanthus sinensis''. Subspecies *''Astictopterus jama jama'' (Thailand, Langkawi, Mal ...

'' C. & R. Felder, 1860 – forest hopper – Southeast Asia However, several subspecies of ''Astictopterus jama'' have been described, some of which may be treated as distinct species in future studies.

Former species

* ''Astictopterus abjecta'' (Snellen, 1872) - transferred to ''

Isoteinon abjecta ''Isoteinon abjecta'', the abject hopper, is a species of butterfly 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 place ...

'' (Snellen, 1872) *''Astictopterus anomoeus'' (Plötz, 1879) - transferred to ''

Isoteinon anomoeus ''Isoteinon anomoeus'', the yellow hopper, is a species of butterfly 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 plac ...

'' (Plötz, 1879) * ''Astictopterus armatus'' Druce, 1873 - transferred to '' Kerana armatus'' (Druce, 1873) *''Astictopterus bruno'' (Evans, 1937) - transferred to restored ''

'' Evans, 1937 * ''Astictopterus butleri'' de Nicéville,

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*''Astictopterus inornatus'' (Trimen, 1864) - transferred to ''

Isoteinon inornatus ''Isoteinon inornatus'', the modest sylph, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. In some works it is listed under ''Astictopterus inornatus'' (Trimen, 1864). It is found in South Africa in Afromontane forests from the East Cape, e ...

'' (Trimen, 1864) * ''Astictopterus ozias'' Hewitson, 1878 - transferred to '' Oz ozias'' (Hewitson, 1878) *''Astictopterus punctulata'' (Butler, 1895) - transferred to ''

Isoteinon punctulata ''Astictopterus punctulata'' is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is named ''Astictopterus punctulata'' (Butler, 1895) in some works. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and northern ...

'' (Butler, 1895) * ''Astictopterus stellata'' (Mabille, 1891) – transferred to '' Dotta stellata'' (Mabille, 1891) * ''Astictopterus tura'' Evans, 1951 - transferred to ''

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'' (Evans, 1951) For African taxa see ''e.g.'' after Woodhall 2005

Biology

The larvae feed on

Gramineae Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated i ...

Marantaceae The Marantaceae are a family, the arrowroot family, or the prayer plant family, of flowering plants consisting of 31 genera and around 530 species, defining it as one of the most species-rich families in its order. Kennedy, H. (2000). “Diversif ...

Acanthaceae Acanthaceae () is a Family (biology), family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are Tropics, tropical Herbaceous plant, herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epip ...

including ''

Miscanthus sinensis ''Miscanthus sinensis'', the eulalia or Chinese silver grass, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to most of East Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea) and Southeast Asia (the Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Mala ...

'', '' Phrynium spicatum'', ''

Asystasia The genus ''Asystasia'' belongs to the family Acanthaceae and comprises 59 species found in the tropics of Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Guinea. It includes the weedy species '' Asystasia gangetica''. Species 59 species are accepted: * '' A ...

'' 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
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References

External links

Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 77Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Astictopterini Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder Taxa described in 1860 {{Hesperiinae-stub