Scobura

Scobura is an Indomalayan genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Scobura
Scobura cephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Subfamily:
Hesperiinae
Tribe:
Erionotini
Genus:
Scobura

Elwes & Edwards, 1897

Species
  • Scobura cephala (Hewitson, 1876) Sikkim to Burma, Thailand
  • Scobura phiditia (Hewitson, [1866]) Assam to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  • Scobura isota (Swinhoe, 1893) Sikkim to Malaya, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
  • Scobura woolletti (Riley, 1923) Burma, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Borneo
  • Scobura tytleri (Evans, 1914) Manipur
  • Scobura cephaloides (de NicĂ©ville, [1889]) Burma, Assam, Tonkin
    • S. c. kinka Evans, 1949 Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan
  • Scobura coniata Hering, 1918 China
  • Scobura eximia Devyatkin, 2002 Vietnam

Biology

The larvae of Scobura coniata feed on Gramineae including Indocalamus[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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