Suastus

Suastus
Indian palm bob ( Suastus gremius ) on Chromolaena odorata in Hyderabad, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Suastus Moore, [1881] [1]

Suastus, whose members are called palm bobs, is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Suastus gremius (Fabricius, 1798) South India, Northwest Himalayas to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, Hong Kong, Formosa, Langkawi, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Sumba, ^[2] Indian palm bob
• Suastus minuta (Moore, 1877) South India, Sikkim to Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Vietnam and Malaya, ^[2] Small palm bob
• Suastus everyx (Mabille, 1883) Burma, Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, White palm bob
• Suastus migreus (Semper, 1892) Philippines

Biology

The larvae feed on Palmae including Arenga , Borassus , Caryota , Chamaerops , Cocos , Licuala , Phoenix , Rhapis , Trachycarpus , Calamus ^[3]

References

1. Moore, [1881]The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
2. Watson, E. Y. (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Madras: Vest.
3. 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
• Suastus Moore, 1881 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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