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Pirdana
Pirdana albicornis Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (figure 14)
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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. rudolphii Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887] ) Vietnam
  • Pirdana distanti Staudinger, 1889 Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo and (P. d. niasica Fruhstorfer, 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