Astictopterus
Introduction '''''Astictopterus''''' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. There are two species groups, one Afrotropical, the other Indomalayan.
Species *''Astictopterus anomoeus'' (Plötz, 1879) – yellow hopper*''Astictopterus bruno'' (Evans, 1937)*''Astictopterus inornatus'' (Trimen, 1864) – modest sylph*''Astictopterus jama'' C. & R. Felder, 1860 – forest hopper *''Astictopterus punctulata'' (Butler, 1895)===Former species===* ''Astictopterus abjecta'' (Snellen, 1872) – abject hopper - transferred to ''Isoteinon abjecta'' (Snellen, 1872)* ''Astictopterus armatus'' Druce, 1873 - transferred to ''Kerana armatus'' (Druce, 1873)* ''Astictopterus butleri'' de Nicéville, 1884 - transferred to ''Koruthaialos butleri'' (de Nicéville, 1884)* ''Astictopterus ozias'' Hewitson, 1878 - transferred to ''Oz ozias'' (Hewitson, 1878)* ''Astictopterus stellata'' (Mabille, 1891) – spotted sylph or fairy - transferred to ''Dotta stellata'' (Mabille, 1891)* ''Astictopterus tura'' Evans, 1951 - transferred to ''Dotta tura'' (Evans, 1951)==Biology== The larvae feed on Gramineae, Marantaceae, Acanthaceae  including ''Miscanthus sinensis'', ''Phrynium spicatum'', ''Asystasia''
References * Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links * Astictopterus at funet* Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 77