Acerbas (skipper)
Appearance
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Acerbas nitidifasciata Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (figure 9) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subfamily: | Hesperiinae |
Tribe: | Erionotini |
Genus: | Acerbas de Nicéville, 1895 |
Acerbas is an Indomalayan genus of skipper butterflies.
Species
[edit]- Acerbas anthea (Hewitson, 1868) (Burma to Malaya, Java, Cambodia, Luzon)
- Acerbas azona (Hewitson, 1866) (Celebes)
- Acerbas duris (Mabille, 1883) (Philippines)
- Acerbas latefascia de Jong, 1982 (Celebes)
- Acerbas nitidifasciata Elwes & Edwards, 1897
- Acerbas sarala (de Nicéville, 1889)[3]
- Acerbas selta Evans, 1949 (Borneo)
- Acerbas suttoni Russel, 1984 (Celebes)
Former species
[edit]- Acerbas martini (Distant and Pryer, 1887) - transferred to Cerba martini (Distant and Pryer, 1887)
Biology
[edit]Acerbas anthea larvae feed on Calamus.[4]
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Acerbas anthea in Piepers and Snellen The Rhopalocera of Java
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Acerbas anthea in Rhopalocera Malayana
References
[edit]- ^ Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2008). "Acerbas". The Tree of Life Web Project.
- ^ Acerbas at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick V. (11 October 2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
- ^ 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. nhm hosts
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- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Acerbas de Nicéville, 1895 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms