Astictopterus

Astictopterus is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. The type species is from Southeast Asia. Previously the genus contained two species groups, one from the Indomalayan which at core remains, whilst the second from the Afrotropical region are more recently placed in the genus Dotta or Isoteinon.

Species

The genus is now potentially monophyletic containing:

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

Astictopterus abjecta - transferred to Isoteinon abjecta
Astictopterus anomoeus - transferred to Isoteinon anomoeus
Astictopterus armatus Druce, 1873 - transferred to Kerana armatus
Astictopterus bruno - transferred to restored Isoteinon anomoeus Evans, 1937
Astictopterus butleri de Nicéville, - transferred to Koruthaialos butleri
Astictopterus inornatus - transferred to Isoteinon inornatus
Astictopterus ozias Hewitson, 1878 - transferred to Oz ozias
Astictopterus punctulata - transferred to Isoteinon punctulata
Astictopterus stellata – transferred to Dotta stellata
Astictopterus tura Evans, 1951 - transferred to Dotta tura

For African taxa see e.g. after Woodhall 2005

The larvae feed on Gramineae, Marantaceae, Acanthaceae including Miscanthus sinensis, Phrynium spicatum, ''Asystasia''