Hidari (skipper)

Hidari
Hidari irava Moore in Rhopalocera of Java (figure 85 a. male b.larva c.pupa )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Hesperiinae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Hidari Distant, 1886

Hidari is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Hidari irava (Moore, [1858]) Sumatra to Bali, Malaya, Indochina.
• Hidari doesoena Martin, 1895 Sumatra, Indochina
• Hidari bhawani de Nicéville, [1889] S. Vietnam.

Biology

The larvae of Hidari irava feed on Palmae including Arenga , Caryota , Cocos , Elaeis , Livistona , Metroxylon , Nypa and Gramineae including Bambusa . ^[1]

References

1. 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

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Funet