Ampittia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Aeromachini
Genus: Ampittia
Species: A. capenas – A. dioscorides – A. kilombero – A. maro – A. maroides – A. parva – A. sichunanensis – A. subvittatus – A. trimacula – A. tristella – A. virgata
Name

Ampittia Moore, [1881]: 171.

Type species: Hesperia maro Fabricius, 1798.
Synonyms

Ochus de Nicéville, 1894: 51. Type species: Cyclopides subvittatus Moore, 1878. Synonymy in Huang et al., 2019: 171.

References
Primary references

Moore, F. 1881-83. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Vols. 1, 190pp, pls 1–71. 2, 162pp, pls 72–143. L. Reeve & Co., London. Reference page.
de Nicéville, L., 1894. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. J. Asiatic. Soc. Beng. 63: 1–58, 5 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page.

Additional references

Huang, Z.F., Chiba, H., Jin, J., Kizhakke, A.G., Wang, M., Kunte, K. & Fan, X.L. 2019. A multilocus phylogenetic framework of the tribe Aeromachini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae), with implications for taxonomy and biogeography. Systematic Entomology 44: 163–178. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12322 Open access. Reference page.
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: 049–062. Preview Reference page.
Wang, Z.G. & Niu, Y. 2002. New species of butterflies (Lepidoptera) from China, II. Entomotaxonomia 2002(4): 276–284. Abstract. Reference page.

Ampittia is the genus of bush hoppers in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. It is the only member of the tribe Ampittiini, but many skipper butterflies are yet to be assigned to tribes, so this might change eventually.

Species

Ampittia capenas (Hewitson, 1868) – African bush hopper
Ampittia dalailama (Mabille, 1876)
Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793) – (common) bush hopper
Ampittia kilombero T.B. Larsen & Congdon, 2012
Ampittia maroides de Nicéville, [1896]
Ampittia nanus (Leech, 1890)
Ampittia parva Aurivillius, 1925
Ampittia sichunanensis Z.G. Wang & Y. Niu, 2002
Ampittia trimacula (Leech, 1891)
Ampittia tristella Shou, Chou & Li, 2006
Ampittia virgata (Leech, 1890)
Ampittia virgata miyakei Matsumura, 1910

References

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.