Apostictopterus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Apostictopterus fuliginosus, which is found in India (Assam) and West China.

Apostictopterus fuliginosus
Apostictopterus fuliginosus male in Leech Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (figure 8)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Heteropterinae
Genus: Apostictopterus
Leech, [1893]
Species:
A. fuliginosus
Binomial name
Apostictopterus fuliginosus
Leech, [1893][1]
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Tecupa Swinhoe, 1917

Species:

  • Tecupa curiosa Swinhoe, 1917

Subspecies

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  • Apostictopterus fuliginosus fuliginosus
  • Apostictopterus fuliginosus curiosa (Swinhoe, 1917) (Assam)

References

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  1. ^ Apostictopterus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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