title: Notocrypta feisthamelii
text: # Notocrypta feisthamelii
  
  Notocrypta feisthamelii, the spotted demon, is an Indomalayan butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. The name honours the French entomologist Joachim François Philibert Feisthamel.
  
  The named subspecies are
  
  * N. f. rectifasciata Leech West China
  * N. f. alysos (Moore, [1866]) Himalaya to Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Langkawi, Malaysia, Yunnan
  * N. f. celebensis (Staudinger, 1889) Celebes
  * N. f. avattana Fruhstorfer, 1911 Java
  * N. f. samyutta Fruhstorfer, 1911 Lombok
  * N. f. alinkara Fruhstorfer, 1911 Philippines (Mindanao)
  * N. f. padhana Fruhstorfer, 1911 Batjan
  
  The larva feeds on Costus, Maranta, Musa, Amomum, Curcuma, Elettaria, Hedychium, Zingiber.
  
  