Biology:Gangara

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Gangara
Transactions of the Zoological Society of London (1897) Plate XX.jpg
Gangara sanguinocculus (figure 17)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Gangara
Moore, [1881]

Gangara is an Indomalayan[1] genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

  • Gangara lebadea (Hewitson, 1886) - banded redeye
  • Gangara thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775) - giant redeye
  • Gangara sanguinocculus (Martin, 1895)Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  • Gangara tumpa de Jong, 1992 Celebes

The larvae feed on Arecaceae, Musaceae, Philydraceae, Myrtaceae, Poaceae:- Calamus, Korthalsia, Arenga, Caryota, Cocos, Cyrtostachys, Elaeis, Eugeissona, Licuala, Livistona, Musa, Nypa, Philydrum, Psidium, Roystonea, Saccharum, Trachycarpus.[2][3]

References

  1. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  2. Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni y L. M. Hernández (2010) HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts.
  3. Markku Savela (1999-2013) Lepidoptera and some other life forms.

Wikidata ☰ Q1764197 entry