Acerbas (skipper)

Genus of skipper butterflies in tribe Erionotini From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acerbas is an Indomalayan genus of skipper butterflies.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
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Acerbas
Acerbas nitidifasciata Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (figure 9)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Acerbas
de Nicéville, 1895
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Species

Species in Acerbas are:[1][2]

  • 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

  • Acerbas martini (Distant and Pryer, 1887) - transferred to Cerba martini (Distant and Pryer, 1887)

Biology

Acerbas anthea larvae feed on Calamus.[4]

References

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