Erionota

Erionota
Erionota thrax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Erionota
Mabille, 1878 [1]

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

Species

  • Erionota acroleuca (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) Vietnam
  • Erionota grandis (Leech, 1890) West China
  • Erionota harmachis (Hewitson, 1878) Sumatra
  • Erionota hiraca (Moore, 1881) Sikkim to Burma, Thailand, North Vietnam, Malaya, Singapore, Borneo, Nias, Batoe, Sipora, Java, Bali, Lombok and (E. h. sakita (Ribbe, 1889)) Sulawesi, Bangka, Banggai, Sula Island
  • Erionota hislopi Evans, 1956
  • Erionota surprisa de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Leyte (Philippines)
  • Erionota sybirita (Hewitson, 1876)
  • Erionota thrax (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Erionota tribus Evans, 1941 Celebes
  • Erionota torus Evans, 1941

Biology

The larvae feed on Gramineae, Palmae and Musaceae. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Mabille, 1878 Catalogue des Hespérides du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Bruxelles Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 21 : 12-44
  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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