Udaspes
Udaspes is an Indomalayan genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
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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
- Hong Kong biodiversity database (Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Government of Hong Kong)
- 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
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Udaspes Moore, 1881 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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