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.
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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
- 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
- Oriens Evans, 1932" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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