Quedara

Quedara is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1919.[1]

Quedara
Quedara inornata (figure 15)
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Quedara

Species

Listed alphabetically:[2]

  • Quedara albifascia (Moore, 1878) – Myanmar, Laos
  • Quedara basiflava (de Nicéville, [1889]) – endemic to Western Ghats, India
  • Quedara flavens Devyatkin, 2000 – northern Vietnam, southern Yunnan
  • Quedara inornata (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – Borneo
  • Quedara monteithi (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887]) – dubious flitter – Malaya
  • Quedara singularis (Mabille, 1893)

Biology

The larvae feed on Palmae including Calamus, Daemonorops, Eugeissona,[3]

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References

  1. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Quedara Swinhoe, 1919". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  2. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Savela, Markku (October 21, 2014). "Quedara Swinhoe, 1919". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  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.


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