Biology:Acerbas (skipper)

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Short description: Genus of skipper butterflies in tribe Erionotini

Acerbas
Transactions of the Zoological Society of London (1897) Plate XX.jpg
Acerbas nitidifasciata Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (figure 9)
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Acerbas

de Nicéville, 1895
Species

Numerous, see text

Acerbas is an Indomalayan genus of skipper butterflies.

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

  1. Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2008). "Acerbas". The Tree of Life Web Project. http://tolweb.org/Acerbas/95159/2008.06.09. 
  2. Acerbas at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  3. Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick V. (11 October 2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/117773/115797. 
  4. 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q12190345 entry