Biology:Baoris

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Baoris
Baoris farri ,Paintbrush Swift.jpg
Baoris farri
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Baorini
Genus: Baoris
Moore, 1881 [1]

Baoris is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.It is found in the Indomalayan realm[2]

Species

  • Baoris farri (Moore, 1878)
  • Baoris leechii Elwes & Edwards, 1897 West and Central China
  • Baoris longistigmata Huang, 1999
  • Baoris oceia (Hewitson, 1868)
  • Baoris pagana (de Nicéville, 1887)
  • Baoris penicillata Moore, [1881] India, Ceylon, India, Thailand, Laos.
  • Baoris chapmani Evans, 1937 Burma, Bangladesh
  • Baoris unicolor Moore, [1884]

Biology

The larvae feed on Gramineae including Dinochloa, Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Ochlandra, Saccharum , Oryza [3]

References

  1. Moore, [1881] The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. 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 ☰ Q1759182 entry