Biology:Udaspes

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Short description: Genus of butterflies


Udaspes
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Udaspes folus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Ancistroidini
Genus: Udaspes
Species

Udaspes is an Indomalayan genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

  • Udaspes folus (Cramer, [1775]) Sri Lanka, India (South India - Saurashtra, Bombay, Ahmedabad, Madhya Pradesh, Lucknow, Calcutta, Kangara to Assam), Burma, Thailand, Indochina, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia (Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa)[1]
  • Udaspes stellata (Oberthür, 1896) China

Biology

The larvae feed on Zingiberaceae including Alpinia. Curcuma, Etlingera, Zingiber on Gramineae including Oryza on Loganiaceae including Fagraea and on Liliaceae[2]

References

  1. Hong Kong biodiversity database (Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Government of Hong Kong)
  2. Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. nhm hosts

Wikidata ☰ Q1761039 entry