Notocrypta

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Notocrypta
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Restricted demon, Notocrypta curvifascia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Ancistroidini
Genus: Notocrypta
de Nicéville, 1889
Species

Numerous, see text

Notocrypta is a genus of skipper butterflies. It is one of several closely related genera commonly called "demons". The genus is found in the Australasian and Indomalayan realms.

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