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Genus: | Isma Distant, 1886 |
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Isma is an Indomalayan [1] genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Listed alphabetically: [2]
The larvae feed on Musa , Pandanus .
Hasora, the awls, are a genus of skipper butterflies. Hasora species are found in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms.
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.
Tagiades, commonly known as snow flats, is a genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies. It is the type genus of the tribe Tagiadini of the subfamily Pyrginae in the family Hesperiidae. It contains seventeen species; three of which are found in tropical Africa, while fourteen are found from India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, northeast Australia, to the Pacific Islands. They are primarily diurnal butterflies, and can usually be found in secondary forests at up to 1,300 m (4,300 ft) above sea level. They can sometimes be encountered in partially cleared or cultivated areas. They are fast flyers, flying at an average height of 2 to 6 m. They usually rest on the undersides of leaves. When disturbed they will fly away but will usually return to the preferred area, often to the same leaf.
Bibasis, the awlets, are a genus of skipper butterflies. The genus is confined to the Indomalayan realm. Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) state that Bibasis contains just three diurnal species, the remainder having been removed to Burara.
Mycalesis, the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea.
Cigaritis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm, the Indomalayan realm and adjacent regions of Asia.
Drupadia is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as posies. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.
Acerbas is an Indomalayan genus of skipper butterflies.
Coladenia is an Oriental genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae. They are found throughout most of Southern, Southeastern, and Eastern Asia. The genus contains the following fifteen species:
Halpe is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm
Koruthaialos is an Indomalayan genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Odontoptilum is an Indomalayan genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Oerane microthyrus is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae and the only species in the genus Oerane. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1883. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. The larva feeds on Daemonorops oblongus.
Pyroneura is an Indomalayan genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Salanoemia is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Xanthoneura is an Indomalayan genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Zographetus is an Indomalayan genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Isma miosticta is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1891. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
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