''Notocrypta feisthamelii'', the spotted demon, is an

Indomalayan The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

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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 name honours the French entomologist

Joachim François Philibert Feisthamel Baron Joachim-François Philibert Julien de Feisthamel (15 February 1791 – 17 January 1851) was a French entomologist. Born in Dieuze, Baron Joachim de Feisthamel was a soldier, variously a major d'infanterie, colonel then maréchal de camp. ...

. The named subspecies are Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A. & Lyal, C. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/lepindex/ ccessed 2 November 2018/ref> *''N. f. rectifasciata'' Leech West China *''N. f. alysos'' (Moore,

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Himalaya to Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Langkawi, Malaysia, Yunnan *''N. f. celebensis'' (Staudinger, 1889) Celebes *''N. f. avattana'' Fruhstorfer, 1911 Java *''N. f. samyutta'' Fruhstorfer, 1911 Lombok *''N. f. alinkara'' Fruhstorfer, 1911 Philippines (Mindanao) *''N. f. padhana'' Fruhstorfer, 1911 Batjan The larva feeds on ''

Costus ''Costus'' is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Costaceae, erected by Linnaeus in 1753. It is widespread through tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. ''Costus'' is often characterized and dist ...

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Musa Musa may refer to: Places *Mūša, a river in Lithuania and Latvia * Musa, Azerbaijan, a village in Yardymli Rayon * Musa, Iran, a village in Ilam province, Iran * Musa, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran * Musa Kalayeh, Gilan province, Iran * Abu M ...

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Amomum ''Amomum'' is a genus of plants containing about 111 species native to China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland. It includes several species of cardamom. Plants of this genus are remarkable for their pungency and ...

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Curcuma ''Curcuma'' () is a genus of plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae that contains such species as turmeric and Siam tulip. They are native to Southeast Asia, southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea and northern Australia. Some spe ...

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Elettaria ''Elettaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. They are native to India and Sri Lanka, but cultivated and naturalized elsewhere. One member of the genus, '' E. cardamomum'', is a commercially important spice used as ...

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Hedychium ''Hedychium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become wi ...

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Zingiber ''Zingiber'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, and Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their culi ...

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References

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