Oriens (butterfly)

Oriens, the dartlets, is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by William Harry Evans in 1932.

Oriens
Oriens concinna figure 20
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Subfamily:
Hesperiinae
Tribe:
Erionotini
Genus:
Oriens

Evans, 1932
Synonyms
  • Nicevillea Evans, 1926 (preocc. Nicevillea Hampson, 1895)

Species
  • Oriens alfurus (Plötz, 1885) Celebes
  • Oriens californica (Scudder, 1872) Philippines
  • Oriens fons Evans, 1949
  • Oriens paragola (de Nicéville & Martin, [1896]) Sumatra
  • Oriens augustula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Fiji
  • Oriens goloides (Moore, [1881]) Ceylon, India, Nepal, South China to Malay Peninsula.
  • Oriens gola (Moore, 1877) Ceylon, South India, Kumaon, Sikkim to Assam, Burma, Vietnam
  • Oriens concinna (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) India (Shevaroys, Nilgiris, Palnis, Coorg)

Biology

The larvae feed on Gramineae including Imperata , Oryza, Paspalum.[1]

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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


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