Salanoemia

Salanoemia
Salanoemia sala (figures 15, 23)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Megathymini
Genus:	Salanoemia Eliot in Corbet & Pendlebury, 1978

Salanoemia is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Salanoemia sala (Hewitson, 1866) - maculate lancer
• Salanoemia noemi (de Nicéville, 1885) India (Sikkim, Assam)
• Salanoemia tavoyana (Evans, 1926) Burma, Thailand, North Malaysia, Borneo
• Salanoemia fuscicornis (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) Burma, Thailand, Laos, North Malaysia (Langkawi), Borneo
• Salanoemia shigerui Maruyama, 2000 Sumatra

Biology

The larvae feed on Palmae including Calamus subtenuis

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  Salanoemia sala and Salanoemia fuscicornis in Elwes & Edwards, 1897 A Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae
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  Salanoemia similis in Elwes & Edwards, 1897 A Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae
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  Salanoemia sala in Seitz

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Salanoemia Eliot in Corbet & Pendlebury, 1978 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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