Ampittia

Ampittia is the genus of bush hoppers in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. It is the only member of the tribe Ampittiini.

Species

• Ampittia capenas <small>(Hewitson, 1868)</small> – African bush hopper
• Ampittia dioscorides <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small> – (common) bush hopper
• Ampittia kilombero <small>T.B. Larsen & Congdon, 2012</small>
• Ampittia maroides <small>de Nicéville, [1896]</small>
• Ampittia parva <small>Aurivillius, 1925</small>
• Ampittia sichunanensis <small>Z.G. Wang & Y. Niu, 2002</small>
• Ampittia trimacula <small>(Leech, 1891)</small>
• Ampittia tristella <small>Shou, Chou & Li, 2006</small>
• Ampittia virgata <small>(Leech, 1890)</small>
• Ampittia virgata miyakei <small>Matsumura, 1910</small>

For Ampittia dalailama <small>(Mabille, 1876)</small> & Ampittia nanus <small>(Leech, 1890)</small> see Aeromachus, after Huang et al. 2019.

References

Further reading

• et al. 2019. A multilocus phylogenetic framework of the tribe Aeromachini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae), with implications for taxonomy and biogeography. Systematic Entomology, 44: 163–178.
• & (2012). The genus Ampittia in Africa with the description of a new species (Hesperiinae; Aeromachini) and three new species in the genera Andronymus and Chondrolepis (Hesperiinae, incertae sedis) (Lepidoptera; Hesperiidae). Zootaxa, 3322: 49-62.
• & , (2002). New species of butterflies (Lepidoptera) from China, II. Entomotaxonomia 2002 (4): 276-284.

External links

• Images representing Ampitia at Consortium for the Barcode of Life