Ampittia

Ampittia Moore, [1881] Bush Hoppers

Ampittia Moore, [1881] (Hesperiidae); Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 171; TS: Hesperia maro Fabricius

Ampittia; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Ampittia (Hesperiinae); [BK], 412; [AfrL]

Ampittia capenas (Hewitson, 1868)

Rhodesia, Moçambique, E.Africa. See [maps] African Bush Hopper

Cyclopides capenas Hewitson, 1868; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): 43

Ampittia capenas; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Cyclopides capenas; Hewitson, 1874, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Cyclopides): [119], pl. [60], f. 2-3

A. c. capenas

Ampittia capenas capenas; [BK]: 412, pl. 60, f. 793; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

A. c. blanda Evans, 1947

Ampittia capenas blanda; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

Ampittia maro (Fabricius, 1798)

Hesperia maro Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 432

Ampittia maro; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 172, pl. 71, f. 1, 1a; Piepers & Snellen, 1910, Rhop. Java [2]: 33

Ampittia maroides de Nicéville, [1896]

Burma, Thailand, Laos. See [maps]

Ampittia maroides de Nicéville, [1896]; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (2): 190, pl. T, f. 51? 41?; TL: Dawnas, Burma

Ampittia maroides; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Ampittia miyakei Matsumura

Ampittia trimacula (Leech, 1891)

W.China. See [maps]

Taractrocera trimacula Leech, 1891; Entomologist 24 (Suppl.): 60; TL: Wa-ssu-kou

Ampittia trimacula; [BOW]: pl. 207, f. 10; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Ampittia parva Aurivillius, 1925 Zanzibar, Usambra

Ampittia parva; [BK], 412 (note); [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793)

Ceylon, Peninsular India, Calcutta, Sikkim - Assam, Burma. See [maps] Bush Hopper

Hesperia dioscorides Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 329, no. 250; TL: Tranquebar, S.India

Ampittia dioscorides dioscoride; [iNaturalist]
Ampittia dioscorides singa; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Ampittia dioscorides; [BIR], 477; [BOW]: pl. 184, f. 22; [MRS], 744; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

1232x1048 (~303Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small grassy swamp with cattail and reed, surrounded by trees, at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	809x602 (~135Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small grassy swamp with cattail and reed, surrounded by trees, at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1137x1053 (~292Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small grassy swamp with cattail and reed, surrounded by trees, at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
794x699 (~137Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small grassy swamp with cattail and reed, surrounded by trees, at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	839x711 (~152Kb) ♀ Thailand, Phuket, a muddy pool at a buffalo pasture at Ban Sakhu, 15th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	898x783 (~178Kb) ♀ underside Thailand, Phuket, a muddy pool at a buffalo pasture at Ban Sakhu, 15th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

A. d. camertes (Hewitson, 1868) Burma, Thailand, Laos, Yunnan, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Java, Bali

Cyclopides camertes Hewitson, 1868; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): 43; TL: Singapore
Ampittia palemonides Snellen, 1886; Midden-Sumatra, 4 (8): 28; TL: Sumatra

Ampittia dioscorides camertes; Inoue & Kawazoe, 1966, Tyô to Ga 16 (3/4): 88, f. 69-72; [MRS], 744; [BMP]: 347, pl. 54, f. 4-5; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

1347x1217 (~287Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Kampot Province, Bokor Hill Station, 31st March 2015, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

737x568 (~117Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Kampot Province, Bokor Hill Station, 31st March 2015, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

A. d. etura (Mabille, 1891) Vietnam, Hainan, S.Yunnan, Formosa

Cyclopides etura Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lxxv; TL: Hong Kong
Ampittia maro matsumurai Sonan, 1936; Zephyrus 6 (3/4): 213; TL: Formosa
- = ; Chiba, Hsu, Tsukiyama, Lo, Chen & Wang, 2009, Zootaxa 2202: 53

Ampittia dioscorides etura; [MRS], 744; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Ampittia virgata (Leech, 1890)

China. See [maps]

Pamphila virgata Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23: 47; TL: Chang Yang; Ichang

Ampittia virgata virgata; [iNaturalist]
Ampittia virgata; [BOW]: pl. 207, f. 11; [MRS], 744; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

A. v. myakei Matsumura, 1910 Formosa

Ampittia myakei Matsumura, 1910; Ent. Zs. 23 (41) (41): 181; TL: Formosa, Horisha, Taihok and Arisan
Ampittia formosana Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 97; TL: Formosa, Chip-Chip

Ampittia virgata myakei; [MRS], 744; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Ampittia nanus (Leech, 1890)

Cyclopides nanus Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23: 49; TL: Ningpo
?nana (Leech, 1890)

Ampittia nanus; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
?Ampittia nana; [MRS], 744

Ampittia dalailama (Mabille, 1876)

Tibet, W.China. See [maps]

Taractrocera lyde Leech, 1891; Entomologist 24 (Suppl.): 60; TL: Moupin & Wa-ssu-kou; Chia-kou-ho

Ampittia dalailama jesta; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Ampittia dalailama; [BOW]: pl. 207, f. 9; Huang, 2001; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Ampittia takeuchii Matsumura, 1929; Insecta Matsumurana 3 (2/3): 107; TL: Formosa

Ampittia trimacula ab. reducta Draeseke & Reuss, 1925; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 39: 228

References:

[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[CiNii]
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[LAMAS-2005] Gerardo Lamas
Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Oleg Kosterin] Institue of Cytology & Genetics
Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Chiba, Hsu, Tsukiyama, Lo, Chen & Wang, 2009
Jinhaku Sonan's skipper type collection deposited at Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Zootaxa 2202 : 48-58
[MRS]; Chou, 1994
Monografia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium 1-2 Mon. Rhop. Sinesium : 1-854
[BMP]; Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992
The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Fourth Edition revised by J. N. Eliot with plates by Bernard D'Abrera Butterflies Malay Peninsula (4th edn) : 1-595, pl. 1-69
de Nicéville, [1896]
On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (1): 13-40, (2): 169-194
Draeseke & Reuss, 1925
Die Schmetterlinge der Stötznerschen Ausbeute (2,3,4) Dt. ent. Z. Iris 38 (1): 1-8 (1924), 39: 48-57 (1925), 39: 211-231
Fabricius, 1793
Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Ent. Syst. 3 (1) : 1-487
Fabricius, 1798
Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae Ent. Syst. (Suppl.) : 1-572, (index) 1-53
Fruhstorfer, 1910
Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (3): 58 (1 March), (4): 59-74 (1 April), (5): 75-104 (1 May)
Hewitson, 1874
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [5] : (Systematic Index) V, (Anteros): [1-2], pl. [1] (1867), (Erycina & Necyria): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870), (Erycina Symmachia &c): [5-6], pl. [3] (1875), (Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7-8], pl. [4] (1872), (Calydna): [9-10], pl. [5] (1854), (Calydna II): [11-12], pl. [6] (1859), (Theope): [13-14], pl. [7] (1860), (Symmachia): [15-16], pl. [8] (1867), (Symmachia & Charis II): [17-18], pl. [9] (1871), (Charis): [19-20], pl. [10] (1866), (Emesis): [21-22], pl. [11] (1872), (Nymphidium I): [23-24], pl. [12] (1853), (Nymphidium II-III): [25-28], pl. [13-14] (1865), (Nymphidium IV): [29-30], pl. [15] (1871), (Lemonias I): [31-32], pl. [16] (1853), (Lemonias II): [33-34], pl. [17] (1858), (Lemonias III-IV): [35-38], pl. [18-19] (1863), (Lemonias V): [39-40], pl. [20] (1872), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [41-42], pl. [21] (1875), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [43-44], pl. [22] (1874), (Pachythone & Cremna): [45-46], pl. [23] (1873), (Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47-48], pl. [24] (1870), (Limnas I-II): [49-52], pl. [25-26] (1853), (Limnas & Panara): [53-54], pl. [27] (1875), (Limnas &c): [55-56], pl. [28] (1876), (Limnas & Ithomeis): [57-58], pl. [29] (1870), (Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59-60], pl. [30] (1871), (Hermathena &c): [61-62], pl. [31] (1875), (Ogyris): [63-64], pl. [32] (1853), (Pentila & Liptena): [65-66], pl. [33] (1866), (Pentila & Liptena II): [67-68], pl. [34] (1873), (Lycaena): [69-70], pl. [35] (1876), (Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71-74], pl. [36-37] (1857), (Pyrrhopyga): [75-76], pl. [38] (1869), (Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77-80], pl. [39-40] (1871), (Pyrrhopyga IV): [81-82], pl. [41] (1873), (Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83-84], pl. [42] (1875), (Ismene I-II): [85-88], pl. [43-44] (1867), (Eudamus): [89-90], pl. [45] (1873), (Eudamus II-III): [91-94], pl. [46-47] (1875), (Chaetocneme): [95-96], pl. [48] (1874), (Hesperia I-II): [97-100], pl. [49-50] (1867), (Hesperia III): [101-102], pl. [51] (1868), (Hesperia IV): [103-104], pl. [52] (1869), (Hesperia V): [105-106], pl. [53] (1872), (Hesperia V*-VI): [107-110], pl. [54-55] (1873), (Hesperia VII): [111-112], pl. [56] (1876), (Leucochitonea): [113-114], pl. [57] (1869), (Leucochitonea II): [115-116], pl. [58] (1875), (Pterygospidea): [117-118], pl. [59] (1873), (Cyclopides): [119-120], pl. [60] (1874), (Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121-122], pl. [61] (1874)
Hewitson, 1868
Descriptions of one Hundred new Species of Hesperidae. (2) Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): [2] + pp. 25 (from sp. 7 hypaepa)-56
Inoue & Kawazoe, 1966
Hesperiid butterflies from South Vietnam (3) Tyô to Ga 16 (3/4) : 84-103
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history Butterflies of Kenya
Leech, 1890
New species of Lepidoptera from China Entomologist 23 : 26-50, 81-83, : 109-114, : 187-192, pl. 1
Leech, 1891
New Species of Rhopalocera from Western China Entomologist 24 (Suppl.) : 57-61, 66-68
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Mabille, 1891
Description d'Hespérides nouvelles (1-3) Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lix-lxxxviii, (17): cvi-cxxi, (18): clxviii-clxxxvii
Matsumura, 1910
Die Hesperiden Japans Ent. Zs. 23 (41) (41): 181-182, (49): 217
Matsumura, 1929
New butterflies from Japan, Korea and Formosa Insecta Matsumurana 3 (2/3) : 87-107, pl. 4
Moore, [1881]
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (Dec 1880), (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (Jan 1881), (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (Jun 1881), (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71 (Dec 1881)
Piepers & Snellen, 1910
The Rhopalocera of Java. Hesperidae Rhop. Java [2] : 1-60, pl. 5-10
Snellen, 1886
Natuurlijke Historie. Achtse afdeeling. Lepidoptera door P. C. T. Snellen, met eene inleiding door Joh. F. Snelleman. Midden-Sumatra Midden-Sumatra, 4 (8) : 1-84, pl. 1-2 (?1880, ?1884, [1886]), : 85-92, pl. 3-5 ([1892])
Sonan, 1936
Notes on some butterflies from Formosa. (4) Zephyrus 6 (3/4) : 205-216
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)

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