Suastus

Suastus
Indian palm bob (Suastus gremius) on Chromolaena odorata in Hyderabad, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Megathymini
Genus:	Suastus Moore, [1881]

Suastus, whose members are called palm bobs, is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Suastus gremius (Fabricius, 1798) South India, Northwest Himalayas to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, Hong Kong, Formosa, Langkawi, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Sumba, Indian palm bob
• Suastus minuta (Moore, 1877) South India, Sikkim to Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Vietnam and Malaya, Small palm bob
• Suastus everyx (Mabille, 1883) Burma, Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, White palm bob
• Suastus migreus (Semper, 1892) Philippines

Biology

The larvae feed on Palmae including Arenga, Borassus, Caryota, Chamaerops, Cocos, Licuala, Phoenix, Rhapis, Trachycarpus, Calamus

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Suastus Moore, 1881 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

• Media related to Suastus at Wikimedia Commons

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