Common bush hopper
The common bush hopper is a small butterfly from the skipper family. The male is bright golden yellow with bold black bands. The female is dark brown with little yellow spots.
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Fun facts
Its feelers are black with yellow rings, and the club at the tip is yellow underneath.
Underneath, the male's back wing is golden yellow, dusted with tiny brown scales.
Its body is brown on top and yellow underneath.
It lives in a huge part of Asia, from India all the way to the islands of Java and Bali.
Most asked questions about Common bush hopper
?How can you tell a male from a female?
The male is bright golden yellow with black bands. The female is dark brown with small yellow spots.
?Where does the common bush hopper live?
In South and Southeast Asia, from India and Sri Lanka to China, Borneo, Sumatra and Java.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ampittia dioscorides
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperiidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Bush hopper
Where the facts come from
- Ampittia dioscorides (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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