Biology:Telicota

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Telicota
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Telicota bambusae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Taractrocerini
Genus: Telicota
Moore, [1881]

Telicota is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is a tropical Asian genus, shared between the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm, and ranging from Sri Lanka to Australia and New Guinea. Larval foodplants include Palmae and Gramineae - Miscanthus sinensis, Pennisetum purpureum, Oryza sativa (rice), Saccharum officinarum (sugar cane), Imperata cylindrica (lalang grass), Cocos nucifera (coconut) and Calamus (rattan).

Species

  • Telicota ancilla (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Telicota angiana Evans, 1934
  • Telicota anisodesma Lower, 1911
  • Telicota aroa Evans, 1934
  • Telicota augias (Linnaeus, 1763)
  • Telicota bambusae (Moore, 1878)
  • Telicota besta Evans, 1949
  • Telicota brachydesma Lower, 1908
  • Telicota brandti Parsons, 1986
  • Telicota bulwa Parsons, 1986
  • Telicota colon (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Telicota doba Evans, 1949
  • Telicota eurotas (C. Felder, 1860)
  • Telicota eurychlora Lower, 1908
  • Telicota gervasa Evans, 1949
  • Telicota hilda Eliot, 1959
  • Telicota kaimana Evans, 1934
  • Telicota kezia Evans, 1949
  • Telicota laruta Evans, 1934
  • Telicota linna Evans, 1949
  • Telicota melanion (Mabille, 1878)
  • Telicota mesoptis Lower, 1911
  • Telicota mimena Parsons, 1986
  • Telicota ohara (Plötz, 1883)
  • Telicota paceka Fruhstorfer, 1911
  • Telicota sadra Evans, 1949
  • Telicota sadrella Parsons, 1986
  • Telicota subha Fruhstorfer, 1911
  • Telicota ternatensis Swinhoe, 1907
  • Telicota torsa Evans, 1934
  • Telicota vinta Evans, 1949

External links

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1759828 entry