Thoressa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Astictopterini |
| Genus: | Thoressa C. Swinhoe, 1913 |
Thoressa is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China.
Species include:
- (de Nicéville, 1889) Sikkim
- Thoressa astigmata (C. Swinhoe, 1890) southern spotted ace or unbranded ace
- (South, 1913) China
- (Mabille, 1876) China
- (Oberthür, 1886) China
- (Hewitson, 1876) Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
- (Murayama, 1995) China
- Thoressa decorata (Moore, 1881) decorated ace
Thoressa decorata - Thoressa evershedi (Evans, 1910) Evershed's ace
- (Elwes, [1893]) Northeast India, Myanmar, China, Indochina
- de Nicéville, 1886 Sikkim, China
- (Yoshino, 2003) China
- Thoressa honorei (de Nicéville, 1887) Madras ace
- (Matsumura, 1910) Formosa
- (Matsumura) sic Formosa
- Thoressa hyrie (de Nicéville, 1891)
- Inoue, 1969 Philippines
- (Leech, 1894) China
- (Evans, 1940) China
- (Wang & Niu, 2002) China
- Thoressa masoni (Moore, [1879])
- Devyatkin, 1996 Vietnam
- Thoressa masuriensis (Moore, 1878)
- Murayama, 1995 China
- (Evans, 1937) Naga Hills
- (de Nicéville, 1885)
- (Evans, 1956) China
- (Evans, 1937) China
- Devyatkin, 2002 Vietnam
- Thoressa sitala (de Nicéville, 1885) Tamil ace or Sitala ace
- (Leech, 1890) China, Vietnam
- (Evans, 1926) Karen Hills
- Thoressa varia (Murray, 1875)
- (Huang, 2003) China
- Huang & Zhan, 2004 China
- (Evans, 1939) China
Biology[]
The larvae feed on Gramineae including Sasa[1]
References[]
- ^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
- Savela, Markku (February 11, 2019). "Thoressa Swinhoe, [1913]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 10, 2020. Taxonomy, distribution
External links[]
- "Taxonomy Browser: Thoressa". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved April 10, 2020.
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