Ancistroides

This article is about the butterfly genus. For the character in Guaraní mythology, see Tau (mythology).

Ancistroides is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Ancistroides
Ancistroides nigrita
Scientific classification
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