Biology:Lotongus

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Lotongus
Lotongus sarala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Hesperiinae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Lotongus Distant, 1886

Lotongus is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is confined to the Indomalayan realm.

Species

• Lotongus calathus (Hewitson, 1876) Burma to Malaya
  • L. c. calathus Thailand, Langkawi, Malaysia, Tioman, Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka, Natuna, Palawan
  • L. c. taprobanus (Plötz, 1885) Celebes
  • L. c. balta Evans, 1949 Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Laos
• Lotongus saralus (de Nicéville, 1889) Assam to W.China.
  • L. s. chinensis Evans, 1932 Burma, Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnam, Szechwan
  • L. s. quinquepunctus Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Hainan
• Lotongus sarala

Former species

• Lotongus avesta (Hewitson, 1868) - transferred to Avestia avesta (Hewitson, 1868)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Funet

Wikidata ☰ Q1759609 entry