Caltoris

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]

Caltoris
Caltoris cahira
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Caltoris

Species

  • Caltoris aurociliata (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) Sikkim, Assam
  • Caltoris beraka (Plötz, 1885) Celebes
  • Caltoris boisduvalii (C. Felder & 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, Myanmar
  • Caltoris cahira, colon 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) Myanmar, 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]

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References

  1. Swinhoe, Charles (1893). "A List of the Lepidoptera of the Khasi Hills. Part I". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1893 (3): 267-330.
  2. Seitz, A. (1912-1927). Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde. 9.
  3. Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Savela, Markku (November 28, 2015). "Caltoris Swinhoe, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 7, 2020.


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