Hyarotis

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Hyarotis
Piepers and Snellen Rhopalocera of Java Plate VII.jpg
Hyarotis iadera (figure 32)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Hyarotis
Moore, 1881 [1]

Hyarotis is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.It is found in the Indomalayan realm[2]

Species[]

  • Hyarotis adrastus (Cramer, 1780) - tree flitter
  • Hyarotis microstrictum (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1887) - brush flitter
  • Eliot, 1959 Malaya
  • (de Nicéville, 1895) Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Siberut, Banka, Java, Bali.

Biology[]

The larvae feed on Palmae including Calamus, Calamus, Chrysalidocarpus, Phoenix [3]

References[]

  1. ^ Moore, [1881] The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. ^ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. nhm hosts


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