Hampea Schltdl.

Hampea is a flowering plant genus in the family Malvaceae. Species include:

• Hampea appendiculata
• Hampea breedlovei
• Hampea dukei
• Hampea micrantha
• Hampea montebellensis
• Hampea reynae – Majagua
• Hampea sphaerocarpa
• Hampea thespesioides
• Hampea trilobata

Lepidoptera whose caterpillars feed on Hampea include Macrosoma conifera and one or two taxa of the Two-barred Flasher (Astraptes fulgerator) cryptic species complex;^[1] these were recorded on H. appendiculata.

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• Brower, Andrew V.Z. (2006): Problems with DNA barcodes for species delimitation: ‘ten species’ of Astraptes fulgerator reassessed (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 4(2): 127–132. doi:10.1017/S147720000500191X PDF fulltext
• Hébert, Paul D.N.; Penton, Erin H.; Burns, John M.; Janzen, Daniel H. & Hallwachs, Winnie (2004): Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the semitropical skipper butterfly Astraptes fulgerator. PNAS 101(41): 14812-14817. doi:10.1073/pnas.0406166101 PDF fulltext Supporting Appendices

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