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{{short description|Species of butterfly}}
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| genus = Ampittia
| species = subvittatus
| parent_authority = [[Frederic Moore|Moore]], 1882
| authority = [[Frederic Moore|Moore]], 1878
| synonyms =
*''Ochus subvittatus''
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'''''Ampittia subvittatus''''', the '''tiger hopper''', is a species in the genus '''''[[Ampittia]]''''' of the family [[Hesperiidae]]. The species was [[species description|first described]] by [[Frederic Moore]] in 1878. It is found in the [[Khasi Hills]] and [[Naga Hills]] of India, [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]] and [[Yunnan]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{LepIndex |id=185854 |access-date=August 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |editor-last=Savela |editor-first=Markku |date=April 15, 2012 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/ochus/ |title=''Ochus'' de Nicéville, 1894 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=August 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=20010.0 |title=''Ochus'' de Nicéville, 1894 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=[[Natural History Museum, London]] |doi=10.5519/s93616qw |access-date=August 22, 2020}}</ref>

== Wingspan ==
The wingspan of the tiger hopper is {{convert|20-25|mm|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite book|last1=Kehimkar|first1=Isaac|title=BNHS Field Guides: Butterflies of India|year=2016|publisher=Bombay Natural History Society|location=Mumbai|page=87|isbn=9789384678012}}</ref>

== Subspecies ==
The subspecies of ''Ampittia subvittatus'' found in India is:<ref>{{cite web |title=''Ampittia subvittatus'' (Moore, 1878) – Tiger Hopper |url=http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/sp/717/Ampittia-subvittatus |website=Butterflies of India |access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref>
* ''[[Ampittia subvittatus subradiatus]]'' <small>Moore, 1878</small> – Khasi tiger hopper

==Distribution==
This species is found from [[Sikkim]] to [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in [[India]], and in [[Bhutan]], [[Nepal]] and several places in [[Myanmar]].<ref name="Asiatic Society of Bengal">{{cite journal |title=On the Rhopalocerous Lepidoptera of Cachar |journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal |volume=55 |issue=2 |date=1887 |publisher=J.W. Thomas |location=Calcutta |page=392 |url=https://archive.org/details/journalofasiatic55unse}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

==Description==
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[[File:Mating pair of Ampittia subvittatus (Moore, 1878) - Tiger Hopper.jpg|thumb|Mating pair of tiger hopper]]
Both wings of upside are iridescent [[Van Dyke brown]]. In the [[forewing]], several bright yellow streaks divided by the veins placed obliquely beyond the end of the cell; or even immaculate; with all the cilia are lighter yellow than the spots when present and broadly interested with the brown opposite to the end of the veins. In underside, both wings and the bases of the [[cilia]] are rich in Van Dyke brown throughout with darker than the above; veined and margined with rich chrome yellow.<ref name="Hesperiidae Indica"/>

In the forewing the [[Costa (entomology)|costal]] margin is little beyond its middle, the costal and [[subcosta]]l [[nervule]]s to the costal and outer margins. The extremity of the third median nervule veined, and the external machines, and the extremity of the third median nervule veined, and the outer margin bordered, with chrome-yellow, so that the wings may be described as increasingly bordered from base to the apex, and increasingly from the apex to the sub-median nervule with yellow streaked with dark brown.<ref name="Hesperiidae Indica"/>

The [[hindwing]] is yellow bordered, with the yellow veins broadly pointed on both sides with yellow.<ref name="Hesperiidae Indica"/>

The upperside of the head, thorax and the abdomen are dark Van Dyke brown with a yellow underside.<ref name="Hesperiidae Indica">{{Cite book |last1=Watson |first1=E. Y. |author-link=Edward Yerbury Watson |title=Hesperiidae Indica: Being a Reprint of Descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma and Ceylon |year=1891 |publisher=Vest and Company |location=Madras |page=69}}</ref>

==Habit and habitat==
The tiger hopper is mostly found in the high evergreen forests that experience ample rainfall. It prefers to fly close to the ground. The flight is weak and follow the fluttering pattern. Shaded or semi-shaded forest tracks are its preferred area. Males are sometimes found [[Mud-puddling|puddling]] in damp soil or wet rock. Females are hardly seen. They also spotted basking in the sun, opening their wings.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="A Naturalist's Guide to Butterflies of Indian (Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka">{{Cite book |last1=Smetacek |first1=Peter |title=A Naturalist's Guide to Butterflies of Indian (Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) |year=2014 |publisher=Prakash Books India Pvt. Ltd. |location=New Delhi |page=93 |isbn=978-817599406-5}}</ref>

==Seasonality==
The flight period for the tiger hopper is from April to October.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Butterflies of Asia]]
[[Category:Grass skippers]]
[[Category:Butterflies described in 1878]]

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