Caltoris

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Caltoris
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Caltoris cahira
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Baorini
Genus: Caltoris
C. Swinhoe, 1893 [1]
Synonyms
  • MilenaEvans, 1912

Caltoris is a genus of skipper butterflies. Like several related genera, they are called "swifts".It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm. [2]

Species

The larvae variously feed on Poaceae, Arecaceae:- Bambusa , Imperata , Dendrocalamus , Sinarundinaria , Oryza , Saccharum . [3]

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References

  1. Swinhoe, Charles (1893). "A List of the Lepidoptera of the Khasi Hills. Part I". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1893 (3): 267-330.
  2. Seitz, A. (1912-1927). Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde. 9.
  3. 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.