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Ampittia Moore, [1882]
Bush Hoppers
Ampittia Moore, [1882]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 171, TS: Hesperia maro Fabricius
Ampittia (Hesperiinae) ; [BK, 412]; [AfrL]

Ampittia capenas (Hewitson, 1868)
Rhodesia, Moçambique, E.Africa. See [About maps] African Bush Hopper
Cyclopides capenas Hewitson, 1868; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): 43
Ampittia capenas Hewitson, 1868
Ampittia capenas ; [AfrL]
Ampittia capenas capenas ; [BK: 412, pl. 60, f. 793]; [AfrL]
A. c. blanda Evans, 1947
Ampittia capenas blanda ; [AfrL]

Ampittia maro (Fabricius, 1798)
Hesperia maro Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 432

Ampittia maroides de Nicéville, [1896]
Burma, Thailand, Laos. See [About maps] Ampittia maroides de Nicéville, [1896]; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (2): 190, pl. T, f. 51? 41?, TL: Dawnas, Burma
Ampittia maroides [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Ampittia miyakei Matsumura

Ampittia trimacula (Leech, 1891)
W.China. See [About maps] Taratrocera trimacula Leech, 1891; Entomologist 24 (Suppl.): 60
Ampittia trimacula ; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 10]

Ampittia parva Aurivillius, 1925
Zanzibar, Usambra Ampittia parva ; [BK, 412 (note)]; [AfrL]

 

Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793)
Ceylon, Peninsular India, Calcutta, Sikkim - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Bush Hopper
Hesperia dioscorides Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 329, no. 250, TL: Tranquebar, S.India
Ampittia dioscorides ; [BIR, 477]; [BOW: pl. 184, f. 22]; [MRS, 744]
[dioscorides-1.jpg] 1232x1048 (~303Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small grassy swamp with cattail and reed, surrounded by trees, at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [dioscorides-2.jpg] 809x602 (~135Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small grassy swamp with cattail and reed, surrounded by trees, at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [dioscorides-3.jpg] 1137x1053 (~292Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small grassy swamp with cattail and reed, surrounded by trees, at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
[dioscorides-4.jpg] 794x699 (~137Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small grassy swamp with cattail and reed, surrounded by trees, at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Oryza sativa [MRS]


A. d. etura (Mabille, 1891)
Vietnam, Hainan, S.Yunnan, Formosa Cyclopides dioscorides etura Mabille, 1891; Bull. C. R. Soc. ent. Belg. 35: 70?, TL: Hong Kong
Ampittia matsumurai Sonan, 1936; Zephyrus 6 (3/4): 213, TL: Formosa
Ampittia dioscorides etura [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ampittia dioscorides etura ; [MRS, 744]
A. d. camertes (Hewitson, 1868)
Burma, Thailand, Laos, Yunnan, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Java, Bali Cyclopides camertes Hewitson, 1868; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): 43, TL: Singapore
Ampittia palemonides Snellen, 1886; Midden-Sumatra, 4 (8) : 28, TL: Sumatra
Ampittia dioscorides camertes [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ampittia dioscorides camertes ; [MRS, 744]; [BMP: 347, pl. 54, f. 4-5]

Ampittia virgata (Leech, 1890)
China. See [About maps] virgata (Leech, 1890); Entomologist 23 : 47
Ampittia virgata ; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 11]; [MRS, 744]
A. v. myakei Matsumura
Ampittia virgata myakei ; [MRS, 744]

Ampittia nanus (Leech, 1890)
Cyclopides nanus Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23 : 49
?nana (Leech, 1890)
?Ampittia nana ; [MRS, 744]

Ampittia dalailama (Mabille, 1876)
Tibet, W.China. See [About maps] Ampittia dalailama ; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 9]; Huang, 2001


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[AfrL]
Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BIR]
Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
[BK]
Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
[BMP]
Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[MRS]
Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
[Oleg Kosterin]
Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM


Some related literature:
de Nicéville, [1896]
On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (2): 169-194, pl. R, S, T
Hewitson, 1868
Descriptions of one Hundred new Species of Hesperidae. (2) Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): [2] + pp. 25 (from sp. 7 hypaepa)-56
Leech, 1890
New species of Lepidoptera from China Entomologist 23 (2): 25-26 : 26-50 81-83 109-114, pl. 1
Moore, [1882]
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71
Snellen, 1886
Lepidopera Mit eene inleding door J. F. Snelleman. Midden-Sumatra. Volume 4. Part 8 Midden-Sumatra, 4 (8) : 1-84, pl. 1-2 ([1886]) 85-92, pl. 3-5 ([1892])
Sonan, 1936
Notes on some butterflies from Formosa Zephyrus 6 (3/4): 205-216, 3pl


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