Pirdana

Pirdana
Pirdana albicornis Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (figure 14)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Pirdana Distant, 1886

Pirdana is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Pirdana albicornis Elwes & Edwards, 1897 Borneo
• Pirdana hyela (Hewitson, 1867) Burma, Malaya to Celebes and (P. h. rudolphiiElwes & de Nicéville, [1887] ) Vietnam
• Pirdana distanti Staudinger, 1889 Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo and (P. d. niasicaFruhstorfer, 1916) Nias
• Pirdana fusca de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Samar
• Pirdana ismene (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) Celebes

Biology

The larvae feed on Dracaenaceae including Dracaena , Agavaceae including Cordyline , Convallariaceae including Peliosanthes ^[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
• "Pirdana Distant, 1886" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms