Ampittia
Genus of butterflies
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Ampittia is the genus of bush hoppers in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. It is the only member of the tribe Ampittiini.
| Ampittia | |
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| Ampittia dioscorides etura | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Hesperiinae |
| Tribe: | Aeromachini Tutt, 1906 |
| Genus: | Ampittia Moore, 1882 |
| Species | |
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Species
- Ampittia capenas (Hewitson, 1868) – African bush hopper
- Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793) – (common) bush hopper
- Ampittia kilombero T.B. Larsen & Congdon, 2012
- Ampittia maroides de Nicéville, [1896]
- Ampittia parva Aurivillius, 1925
- Ampittia sichunanensis Z.G. Wang & Y. Niu, 2002
- Ampittia trimacula (Leech, 1891)
- Ampittia tristella Shou, Chou & Li, 2006
- Ampittia virgata (Leech, 1890)
- Ampittia virgata miyakei Matsumura, 1910
For Ampittia dalailama (Mabille, 1876) & Ampittia nanus (Leech, 1890) see Aeromachus, after Huang et al. 2019.
