List of butterflies of India (Hesperiinae)

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Common banded demon

This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Hesperiinae of the family Hesperiidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae) which itself is part of the complete list of butterflies of India. A total of 133 species of 48 genera belonging to this subfamily are found in India.

Contents

Checklist

Actinor – veined dart

Aeromachus – scrub hoppers

Ampittia – bush hopper

Ancistroides – chocolate demon

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Chocolate demon

Arnetta – bobs

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Vindhyan bob

Astictopterus – forest hopper

Baoris – swifts

Baracus – hedge-hopper

Borbo – swift

Caltoris – swifts

Cephrenes – palm darts

Creteus – nonsuch palmer

Cuphita – wax dart

Erionota – redeyes

Gangara – giant redeyes

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Giant redeye

Gegenes – dingy swift

Halpe – aces

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Indian ace

Hyarotis – flitters

Iambrix – chestnut bob

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Chestnut bob

Iton – common wight

Koruthaialos – velvet bobs

Matapa – redeyes

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Common redeye

Notocrypta – demons

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Restricted demon

Ochlodes – darters

Ochus – tiger hopper

Oriens – dartlets

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Common dartlet

Parnara – swifts

Pelopidas – dark branded swift

Pithauria – straw aces

Plastingia – spotted lancers

Polytremis – swifts

Potanthus – darts

Pseudoborbo – swift

Psolos – coons

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Coon

Pudicitia – spotted redeyes

Quedara – dubious flitter

Salanoemia

Scobura – forest bob

Sebastonyma

Sovia – bicolour ace

Stimula

Suada – grass bob

Suastus – palm bobs

Taractrocera – grass darts

Telicota – palm darts

Thoressa – spotted aces

Udaspes – grass demon

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Grass demon

Zela

Zographetus – flitters

See also

Cited references

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Savela, Markku (February 11, 2019). "Aeromachus de Nicéville, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku (December 23, 2018). "Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ Savela, Markku (October 21, 2014). "Ancistroides nigrita (Latreille, [1824])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku (November 28, 2015). "Arnetta Watson, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  6. ↑ Savela, Markku (November 27, 2015). "Astictopterus jama C. & R. Felder, 1860". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Savela, Markku (November 28, 2015). "Baoris Moore, [1881]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  8. 1 2 Savela, Markku (September 26, 2016). "Baracus vittatus (Felder, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
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  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Savela, Markku (November 28, 2015). "Caltoris Swinhoe, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  12. ↑ Savela, Markku (June 5, 2010). "Creteus cyrina (Hewitson, 1876)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  13. ↑ Savela, Markku (January 2, 2017). "Cupitha purreea (Moore, 1877)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  14. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku (October 20, 2014). "Erionota Mabille, 1878". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  15. ↑ ZipcodeZoo.com Page for Erionota torus Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
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  17. 1 2 Savela, Markku (February 11, 2019). "Gegenes Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Savela, Markku (December 23, 2018). "Halpe Moore, 1878". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
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  21. ↑ Savela, Markku (September 4, 2011). "Iton semamora (Moore, [1866])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  22. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku (October 20, 2014). "Koruthaialos Watson, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  23. 1 2 3 4 Savela, Markku (October 20, 2014). "Matapa Moore, [1881]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  24. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku (December 25, 2018). "Notocrypta de Nicéville, 1889". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  25. 1 2 Savela, Markku (March 27, 2019). "Ochlodes Scudder, 1872". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
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  27. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku (October 20, 2014). "Oriens Evans, 1932". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  28. ↑ Haribal, 1994: Mentions O. g. pseudolus (Mabille, 1883)
  29. ↑ Savela, Markku (February 11, 2019). "Parnara guttatus (Bremer & Grey, [1852])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Savela, Markku (February 11, 2019). "Pelopidas Walker, 1870". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  31. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku (October 20, 2014). "Pithauria Moore, 1878". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  32. ↑ Savela, Markku (January 6, 2017). "Plastingia naga (de Nicéville, [1884])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  33. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku (February 11, 2019). "Polytremis Mabille, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  34. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Savela, Markku (February 11, 2019). "Potanthus Scudder, 1872". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  35. ↑ Savela, Markku (November 28, 2015). "Pseudoborbo bevani (Moore, 1878)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  36. ↑ Savela, Markku (October 5, 2014). "Psolos fuligo (Mabille, 1876)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  37. ↑ Savela, Markku (June 5, 2010). "Pudicitia pholus (de Nicéville, 1889)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  38. 1 2 Savela, Markku (October 21, 2014). "Quedara Swinhoe, 1919". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  39. 1 2 Savela, Markku (October 20, 2014). "Salanoemia Eliot in Corbet & Pendlebury, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  40. 1 2 3 4 Savela, Markku (May 7, 2013). "Scobura Elwes & Edwards, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  41. ↑ Savela, Markku (November 12, 2011). "Sebastonyma dolopia (Hewitson, 1868)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  42. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku (November 24, 2012). "Sovia Evans, 1949". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
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  44. 1 2 Savela, Markku (October 20, 2014). "Suastus Moore, [1881]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  45. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku (August 27, 2017). "Taractrocera Butler, [1870]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  46. 1 2 3 4 5 Savela, Markku (December 15, 2018). "Telicota Moore, [1881]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  47. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Savela, Markku (February 11, 2019). "Thoressa Swinhoe, [1913]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
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  49. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Thoressa evershedi​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 21, 2018.
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  53. 1 2 Savela, Markku (October 20, 2014). "Zographetus Watson, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 21, 2020.

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