Hidari (skipper)

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Hidari
Piepers and Snellen Rhopalocera of Java Plate X.jpg
Hidari irava Moore in Rhopalocera of Java (figure 85 a. male b.larva c.pupa )
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Hidari
Distant, 1886

Hidari is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Biology

The larvae of Hidari irava feed on Palmae including Arenga, Caryota , Cocos, Elaeis , Livistona, Metroxylon, Nypa and Gramineae including Bambusa.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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

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