Acerbas (skipper)

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Acerbas
Transactions of the Zoological Society of London (1897) Plate XX.jpg
Acerbas nitidifasciata Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (figure 9)
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Acerbas

Species

Numerous, see text

Acerbas is an Indomalayan genus of skipper butterflies.

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Species

Species in Acerbas are: [1] [2]

Former species

Biology

Acerbas anthea larvae feed on Calamus . [3]

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References

  1. Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2008). "Acerbas". The Tree of Life Web Project.
  2. Acerbas at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  3. Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. nhm hosts