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''Astictopterus jama'', the forest hopper or coon, is a species of
butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
. It is found in Southeast Asia. The larvae feed on ''
Miscanthus sinensis ''Miscanthus sinensis'', the eulalia or Chinese silver grass, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to eastern Asia throughout most of China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea. Description It is an herbaceous perennial gras ...
''.


Subspecies

*''Astictopterus jama jama'' (Thailand, Langkawi, Malaysia, Tioman, Aur, Singapore, Sumatra, Java) *''Astictopterus jama chinensis'' (Leech, 1890) (China) *''Astictopterus jama olivascens'' Moore, 1878 (Sikkim to Burma, Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, southern China, Yunnan)


References

Butterflies described in 1860 Astictopterini Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Rudolf Felder Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder {{Hesperiinae-stub