Caltoris
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| Caltoris cahira | |
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| Genus: | Caltoris |
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Caltoris is a genus of skipper butterflies. Like several related genera, they are called "swifts".It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm.[2]
Species
- Caltoris aurociliata (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) Sikkim, Assam
- Caltoris beraka (Plötz, 1885) Celebes
- Caltoris boisduvalii (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) Papua
- Caltoris bromus (Leech, 1894) India, China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Borneo, Palawan, Philippines
- Caltoris brunnea (Snellen, 1876) Java, Burma
- Caltoris cahira, colon swift,
- Caltoris cahira austeni, Austen's swift
- Caltoris canaraica, Kanara swift
- Caltoris confusa
- Caltoris cormasa (Hewitson, 1876) India to Malaya
- Caltoris kumara, blank swift
- Caltoris malaya (Evans, 1926) Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Java
- Caltoris mehavagga (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Celebes, Sula, Buru
- Caltoris nirwana (Plötz, 1882) Java to West China
- Caltoris philippina, Philippine swift
- Caltoris plebeia (de Nicéville, 1887) tufted swift. Sikkim to Borneo
- Caltoris septentrionalis Koiwaiya, 1996
- Caltoris sirius (Evans, 1926) Tibet
- Caltoris tenuis (Evans, 1932) Burma, Thailand, Laos
- Caltoris tulsi (de Nicéville, [1884]) purple swift. India to Malaya, South China, Java
The larvae variously feed on Poaceae, Arecaceae :-Bambusa, Imperata, Dendrocalamus, Sinarundinaria, Oryza, Saccharum.[3]
References
- ^ Swinhoe, 1893 A List of the Lepidoptera of the Khasi Hills. Part I Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1893 (3) : 267-330
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ^ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni y L. M. Hernández (2010) HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts.
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