Oriens gola

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Oriens gola
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Oriens gola in Moore, 1877 (figure 9)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Oriens
Species:
O. gola
Binomial name
Oriens gola
(Moore, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Pamphila golaMoore, 1877
  • Pamphila pseudolusMabille, 1883
  • Telicota gola rajagrihaFruhstorfer, 1911
  • Telicota gola trishnaFruhstorfer, 1911
  • Telicota gola nipataFruhstorfer, 1911

Oriens gola, the common dartlet, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Sri Lanka and India (Kumaon, Sikkim, Assam) to Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, [1] Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra. [2]

The wingspan is about 22–27 mm. [3]

The larvae feed on Imperata and Paspalum species, as well as Ottochloa nodosa .

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