Pirdana

Pirdana
Pirdana ismene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Megathymini
Genus:	Pirdana Distant, 1886

Pirdana is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Pirdana albicornis Elwes & Edwards, 1897 Borneo
• Pirdana hyela (Hewitson, 1867) Burma, Malaya to Celebes and (P. h. rudolphii Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887] ) Vietnam
• Pirdana distanti Staudinger, 1889 Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo and (P. d. niasica Fruhstorfer, 1916) Nias
• Pirdana fusca de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Samar
• Pirdana ismene (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) Celebes

Biology

The larvae feed on Dracaena, Cordyline, Peliosanthes and related genera.

Gallery

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  Pirdana fusca
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  Pirdana ismene

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• "Pirdana Distant, 1886" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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