About Notocrypta feisthamelii (Boisduval, 1832)
Notocrypta feisthamelii, commonly called the spotted demon, is an Indomalayan butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. Its scientific name honors French entomologist Joachim François Philibert Feisthamel. The recognized named subspecies and their ranges are: N. f. rectifasciata Leech from West China; N. f. alysos (Moore, [1866]) from the Himalaya to Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Langkawi, Malaysia, and Yunnan; N. f. celebensis (Staudinger, 1889) from Celebes; N. f. avattana Fruhstorfer, 1911 from Java; N. f. samyutta Fruhstorfer, 1911 from Lombok; N. f. alinkara Fruhstorfer, 1911 from Mindanao, Philippines; and N. f. padhana Fruhstorfer, 1911 from Batjan. The larvae of this butterfly feed on plants from the genera Costus, Maranta, Musa, Amomum, Curcuma, Elettaria, Hedychium, and Zingiber.
