Ancistroides
Ancistroides is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
| Ancistroides | |
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| Ancistroides nigrita | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Hesperiidae | 
| Tribe: | Ancistroidini | 
| Genus: | Ancistroides Butler, 1874[1]  | 
Species
    
- Ancistroides armatus (Druce, 1873)
 - Ancistroides folus (Cramer, [1775]) - Sri Lanka, India (South India - Saurashtra, Bombay, Ahmedabad, Madhya Pradesh, Lucknow, Calcutta, Kangara to Assam), Burma, Thailand, Indochina, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia (Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa)[2]
 - Ancistroides gemmifer (Butler, 1879)
 - Ancistroides longicornis Butler, 1874
 - Ancistroides nigrita (Latreille, [1824]) – chocolate demon
 - Ancistroides stellata (Oberthür, 1896) - China
 
References
    
- Ancistroides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
 - Hong Kong biodiversity database (Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Government of Hong Kong)
 
External links
    
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ancistroides.
Wikispecies has information related to Ancistroides.
- Ancistroides images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
 - Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
 
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