Astictopterus
Sign in to saveAstictopterus is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. The type species is from Southeast Asia. Previously the genus contained two species groups, one from the Indomalayan which at core remains, whilst the second from the Afrotropical region are more recently placed in the genus Dotta or Isoteinon.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Collections
- SAM, FMNH, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Zimbabwe, India, Indonesia, Zambia
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Astictopterus is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. The type species is from Southeast Asia. Previously the genus contained two species groups, one from the Indomalayan which at core remains, whilst the second from the Afrotropical region are more recently placed in the genus Dotta or Isoteinon.
==Species== The genus is now potentially monophyletic containing: Astictopterus jama C. & R. Felder, 1860 – forest hopper – Southeast Asia
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