Caltoris

Caltoris
Caltoris cahira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Baorini
Genus: Caltoris
C. Swinhoe, 1893
Synonyms
  • Milena Evans, 1912

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.

Species

The larvae variously feed on Poaceae, Arecaceae:-Bambusa, Imperata, Dendrocalamus, Sinarundinaria, Oryza, Saccharum.

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. doi:10.5519/havt50xw.