Polytremis

Polytremis
Polytremis pellucida from Japan – mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Baorini
Genus:	Polytremis Mabille, 1904

Polytremis is a mainly Chinese genus of grass skipper in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Polytremis annama Evans, 1937
• Polytremis caerulescens (Mabille, 1876) China (Tibet)
• Polytremis choui Huang, 1994 China (Fujian)
• Polytremis discreta (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)
• Polytremis eltola (Hewitson, 1869)
• Polytremis flavinerva Chou & Zhou, 1994 China (Guangxi)
• Polytremis gigantea Tsukiyama, Chiba & Fujioka, 1997 China (Sichuan)
• Polytremis gotama Sugiyama, 1999 China (northwest Yunnan)
• Polytremis kiraizana (Sonan, 1938)
• Polytremis lubricans (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Indomalayan realm
• Polytremis matsuii Sugiyama, 1999 China (Dujiangyan)
• Polytremis mencia (Moore, 1877) China (Shanghai)
• Polytremis micropunctata Huang, 2003 China (northwest Yunnan)
• Polytremis minuta (Evans, 1926)
• Polytremis nascens (Leech, 1893) China (Chia-kou-ho; Omei-Shan)
• Polytremis pellucida (Murray, 1875)
• Polytremis suprema Sugiyama, 1999
• Polytremis theca (Evans, 1937) China (Sichuan, Shaanxi, Fujian, Anhui, Yunnan)
• Polytremis zina (Evans, 1932) South China, East China, Ussuri

Host plants

Species of the genus Polytremis feed on plants of the family Poaceae. Host plants include the genera Microstegium, Imperata, Miscanthus, Saccharum, Oryza, Phragmites and Sasa.

References

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