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

Ampittia
Ampittia dioscorides etura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Ampittiini
Tutt, 1906
Genus: Ampittia
Moore, 1882
Species

10, see text[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Ampittia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Larsen, T.B.; Congdon, T.C.E., 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.
  • Wang, Z.-G. & Y. Niu, 2002: New species of butterflies (Lepidoptera) from China, II. Entomotaxonomia 2002 (4): 276-284.
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