Matapa (butterfly)
Matapa | |
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Matapa aria female, figures 24 and 25 Matapa druna, figure 26 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subfamily: | Hesperiinae |
Tribe: | Erionotini |
Genus: | Matapa |
Species | |
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Matapa is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the Hesperiidae family. The species ranges from India to Sulawesi.(That is across the (Indomalayan realm). [2] The species are mainly crepuscular and have red eyes, at least during their life.
Species
- Matapa aria (Moore, [1866])
- Matapa celsina (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) Celebes, Banggai Island
- Matapa cresta Evans, 1949 Sikkim to Burma, Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra
- Matapa deprivata de Jong, 1983 Burma
- Matapa druna (Moore, [1866])
- Matapa intermedia de Jong, 1983 Sulawesi
- Matapa purpurascens Elwes & Edwards, 1897 Khasi Hills (Assam)
- Matapa sasivarna (Moore, [1866]) Sikkim to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Malaya, Sumatra
Biology
The larvae feed on Gramineae including Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa,Gigantochloa, Ochlandra, Oxytenanthera. [3]
References
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- ↑ Matapa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ↑ 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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