Notocrypta feisthamelii
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Notocrypta feisthamelii, the spotted demon, is an Indomalayan butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.[1] The name honours the French entomologist Joachim François Philibert Feisthamel.
The named subspecies are [2][3][4]
- N. f. rectifasciata Leech West China
- N. f. alysos (Moore, [1866]) Himalaya to Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Langkawi, Malaysia, Yunnan
- N. f. celebensis (Staudinger, 1889) Celebes
- N. f. avattana Fruhstorfer, 1911 Java
- N. f. samyutta Fruhstorfer, 1911 Lombok
- N. f. alinkara Fruhstorfer, 1911 Philippines (Mindanao)
- N. f. padhana Fruhstorfer, 1911 Batjan
The larva feeds on Costus, Maranta, Musa, Amomum, Curcuma, Elettaria, Hedychium, Zingiber.
References
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- ↑ Vane-Wright, R. I., & R. de. Jong. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandlingen 343: 1-267.
- ↑ Seitz, A. ed. 1927 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
- ↑ Fruhstorfer, 1911 Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen Dtsch. Entomol. Z. Iris 25
- ↑ Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A. & Lyal, C. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/lepindex/ [accessed 2 November 2018]