Biology:Ancistroides

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Ancistroides
YG Chocolate Demon Ancistroides nigrita.jpg
Ancistroides nigrita
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Ancistroidini
Genus: Ancistroides
Butler, 1874[1]

Ancistroides is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

  • Ancistroides armatus (Druce, 1873)
  • Ancistroides folus (Cramer, [1775]) - Sri Lanka, India (South India - Saurashtra, Bombay, Ahmedabad, Madhya Pradesh, Lucknow, Calcutta, Kangara to Assam), Burma, Thailand, Indochina, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia (Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa)[2]
  • Ancistroides gemmifer (Butler, 1879)
  • Ancistroides longicornis Butler, 1874
  • Ancistroides nigrita (Latreille, [1824]) – chocolate demon
  • Ancistroides stellata (Oberthür, 1896) - China

References

  1. Ancistroides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Hong Kong biodiversity database (Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Government of Hong Kong)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1764493 entry