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Apostictopterus

Apostictopterus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Apostictopterus fuliginosus, which is found in India (Assam) and West China.

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Apostictopterus fuliginosus
Apostictopterus fuliginosus male in Leech Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (figure 8)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Heteropterinae
Genus: Apostictopterus
Leech, [1893]
Species:
A. fuliginosus
Binomial name
Apostictopterus fuliginosus
Leech, [1893]12
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Tecupa Swinhoe, 1917

Species:

  • Tecupa curiosa Swinhoe, 1917

Apostictopterus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Apostictopterus fuliginosus, which is found in India (Assam) and West China.

Subspecies

  • Apostictopterus fuliginosus fuliginosus
  • Apostictopterus fuliginosus curiosa (Swinhoe, 1917) (Assam)
References

References

  1. Apostictopterus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Leech, J.H. 1892-1894. Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea 1
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