Matapa (butterfly)

Matapa
	Matapa aria female (fig. 24 & 25); M. druna (fig. 26)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Matapa; Moore, [1881]
Species
	See text

Matapa is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The species of this genus occur in the Indomalayan realm, from India to Sulawesi.^[2] They are mainly crepuscular and have red eyes.

Species

Matapa aria (Moore, [1866])
Matapa celsina (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – Celebes, Banggai Island
Matapa cresta Evans, 1949 – Sikkim to Burma, China, Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra
Matapa deprivata de Jong, 1983 – Burma
Matapa druna (Moore, [1866])
Matapa intermedia de Jong, 1983 – Sulawesi
Matapa pseudodruna X.L. Fan, H. Chiba & M. Wang – China
Matapa purpurascens Elwes & Edwards, 1897 – Khasi Hills (Assam), China
Matapa sasivarna (Moore, [1866]) – Sikkim to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Malaya, Sumatra

^ Matapa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
^ 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

Jong de, R. 1983: Revision of the Oriental genus Matapa Moore (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) with discussion of its phylogeny and geographic History. Zoologische Mededelingen 57 (21): 243–270. Full article: [1]

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