Suada (butterfly)

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Suada
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Suada swerga
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Hesperiidae
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Hesperiinae
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Suada

Suada is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species[]

  • Suada swerga (de Nicéville, [1884]) Ceylon, Malaya, Java, Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Malaya
  • Devyatkin, 2000 Vietnam
  • (Semper, 1892) Philippines
  • (Staudinger, 1889) Philippines, Palawan

Biology[]

The larvae feed on Gramineae including Dendrocalamus. [2]

References[]

  1. ^ de Nicéville, 1895 On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9 (3): 259-321, pl. N-Q, (4): 366-410
  2. ^ 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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