Bibasis

Bibasis, the awlets, are a genus of skipper butterflies. The genus is confined to the Indomalayan realm. Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) state that Bibasis contains just three diurnal species (B. aquilina, B. iluska, B. sena), the remainder having been removed to Burara.[1]

Awlets
Orange-striped awl
Bibasis jaina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Coeliadinae
Genus: Bibasis
Moore, [ 1881 ]
Species

Several, see text

Synonyms

Burara

Species
  • Bibasis amara - small green awlet
  • Bibasis anadi - plain orange awlet
  • Bibasis aquilina (Speyer, 1879) South China to Amur, Japan.
  • ? Bibasis arradi Nicer
  • Bibasis etelka (Hewitson, [1867]) Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Palawan, Mindanao
  • Bibasis gomata - pale green awlet
  • Bibasis harisa - orange awlet
  • Bibasis iluska (Hewitson, 1867) Sulawesi, Burma, Thailand, Laos
  • Bibasis imperialis Plötz, 1886 Banggai, Sulawesi
  • Bibasis jaina - orange-striped awl
  • ? Bibasis kanara (Evans, 1926) South India
  • Bibasis mahintha Moore 1874 Burma, Thailand, Laos - May be subspecies of Bibasis iluska (Hewitson, 1867)
  • Bibasis miraculata Evans, 1949
  • Bibasis oedipodea - branded orange awlet
  • Bibasis owstoni Eliot, 1980 Malaysia
  • Bibasis phul (Mabille, 1876) Celebes, Philippines
  • Bibasis sena - orangetail awl
  • Bibasis striata (Hewitson, [1867]) Vietnam, West China
  • Bibasis tuckeri Elwes & Edwards, 1897 Sri Lanka, N.India, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, Palawan, Mindanao, Sulawesi, Banggai, Sula
  • Bibasis unipuncta Lee, 1962 Yunnan
  • Bibasis vasutana - green awlet

Bibasis (Badamia exclamationis) Brown awlet

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References
  1. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna Zool. Verh. Leiden 343, 11.vii.2003: 3-267, figs 1-14, pls 1-16


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