Acerbas (skipper)

Acerbas is an Indomalayan genus of skipper butterflies.

Acerbas
Acerbas nitidifasciata Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (figure 9)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Hesperiinae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Acerbas de Nicéville, 1895

Species

Species in Acerbas are:^[1][2]

• Acerbas anthea (Hewitson, 1868) (Burma to Malaya, Java, Cambodia, Luzon)
• Acerbas azona (Hewitson, 1866) (Celebes)
• Acerbas duris (Mabille, 1883) (Philippines)
• Acerbas latefascia de Jong, 1982 (Celebes)
• Acerbas nitidifasciata Elwes & Edwards, 1897
• Acerbas sarala (de Nicéville, 1889)^[3]
• Acerbas selta Evans, 1949 (Borneo)
• Acerbas suttoni Russel, 1984 (Celebes)

Former species

• Acerbas martini (Distant and Pryer, 1887) - transferred to Cerba martini (Distant and Pryer, 1887)

Biology

Acerbas anthea larvae feed on Calamus.^[4]

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  Acerbas anthea in Piepers and Snellen The Rhopalocera of Java
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  Acerbas anthea in Rhopalocera Malayana