# Astictopterus

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***Astictopterus*** is a genus of [grass skippers](/source/Grass_skippers) in the family [Hesperiidae](/source/Hesperiidae). The type species is from Southeast Asia. Previously the genus contained two species groups, one from the [Indomalayan](/source/Indomalayan_realm) which at core remains, whilst the second from the [Afrotropical](/source/Afrotropical_realm) region are more recently placed in the genus *[Dotta](/source/Dotta_(butterfly))* or *[Isoteinon](/source/Isoteinon)*.

## Species

The genus is now potentially monophyletic containing:

- *[Astictopterus jama](/source/Astictopterus_jama)* C. & R. Felder, 1860 – forest hopper – Southeast Asia

However, several subspecies of *Astictopterus jama* have been described, some of which may be treated as distinct species in future studies.

### Former species

- *Astictopterus abjecta* (Snellen, 1872) - transferred to *[Isoteinon abjecta](/source/Isoteinon_abjecta)* (Snellen, 1872)
- *Astictopterus anomoeus* (Plötz, 1879) - transferred to *[Isoteinon anomoeus](/source/Isoteinon_anomoeus)* (Plötz, 1879)
- *Astictopterus armatus* Druce, 1873 - transferred to *[Kerana armatus](/source/Kerana_armatus)* (Druce, 1873)
- *Astictopterus bruno* (Evans, 1937) - transferred to restored *[Isoteinon anomoeus](/source/Isoteinon_anomoeus)* Evans, 1937
- *Astictopterus butleri* de Nicéville, [1884] - transferred to *[Koruthaialos butleri](/source/Koruthaialos_butleri)* (de Nicéville, [1884])
- *Astictopterus inornatus* (Trimen, 1864) - transferred to *[Isoteinon inornatus](/source/Isoteinon_inornatus)* (Trimen, 1864)
- *Astictopterus ozias* Hewitson, 1878 - transferred to *[Oz ozias](/source/Oz_ozias)* (Hewitson, 1878)
- *Astictopterus punctulata* (Butler, 1895) - transferred to *[Isoteinon punctulata](/source/Isoteinon_punctulata)* (Butler, 1895)
- *Astictopterus stellata* (Mabille, 1891) – transferred to *[Dotta stellata](/source/Dotta_stellata)* (Mabille, 1891)
- *Astictopterus tura* Evans, 1951 - transferred to *[Dotta tura](/source/Dotta_tura)* (Evans, 1951)

For African taxa see *e.g.* after Woodhall 2005 [1]

## Biology

The larvae feed on [Gramineae](/source/Gramineae), [Marantaceae](/source/Marantaceae), [Acanthaceae](/source/Acanthaceae) including *[Miscanthus sinensis](/source/Miscanthus_sinensis)*, *[Phrynium spicatum](/source/Phrynium)*, *[Asystasia](/source/Asystasia)* [2]

## References

1. Woodhall, Steve (2005). *Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa*. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

1. 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](http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/)

## External links

- [Astictopterus at funet](http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/astictopterus/index.html)
- [Seitz, A. *Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde* 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 77](https://archive.org/stream/diegrossschmett13seit#page/n163/mode/2up)
- [Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database](http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=hesperiidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS)

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