List of butterflies of India (Hesperiinae)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Common Banded Demon
Common Banded Demon

This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Hesperiinae of the family Hesperiidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae) which itself is part of the complete list of butterflies of India. A total of 133 species of 48 genera belonging to this subfamily are found in India.

Contents

[edit] Checklist

[edit] Actinor - The Veined Dart

[edit] Aeromachus - The Scrub Hoppers

[edit] Ampittia - The Bush Hopper

[edit] Ancistroides - The Chocolate Demon

Chocolate Demon
Chocolate Demon

[edit] Arnetta - The Bobs

Vindhyan Bob
Vindhyan Bob

[edit] Astictopterus - Forest Hopper

[edit] Baoris - The Swifts

[edit] Baracus - The Hedge-Hopper

[edit] Borbo - The Swift

[edit] Caltoris - The Swifts

[edit] Cephrenes - The Palm Darts

[edit] Creteus - The Nonsuch Palmer

[edit] Cuphita - The Wax Dart

[edit] Erionota - The Redeyes

[edit] Gangara - The Giant Redeyes

Giant Redeye
Giant Redeye

[edit] Gegenes - The Dingy Swift

[edit] Halpe - The Aces

Indian Ace
Indian Ace

[edit] Hyarotis - The Flitters

[edit] Iambrix - The Chestnut Bob

Chestnut Bob
Chestnut Bob

[edit] Iton -The Common Wight

  • Common Wight Iton semamora (Moore, 1866)[22]

[edit] Koruthaialos - The Velvet Bobs

[edit] Matapa - The Redeyes

Common Redeye
Common Redeye

[edit] Notocrypta - The Demons

Resrticted Demon
Resrticted Demon

[edit] Ochlodes - The Darters

  • Subhyaline Darter Ochlodes subhyalina (Bremer & Grey, 1853)[26]
  • Assam Darter Ochlodes siva Moore, 1878 [26]

[edit] Ochus - The Tiger Hopper

  • Tiger Hopper Ochus subvittatus (Moore, 1878)[27]

[edit] Oriens - The Dartlets

Common Dartlet
Common Dartlet

[edit] Parnara - The Swifts

  • Straight Swift Parnara guttatus (Bremer & Grey, [1852])[30]

[edit] Pelopidas - The Dark Branded Swift

[edit] Pithauria - The Straw Aces

[edit] Plastingia - The Spotted Lancers

[edit] Polytremis - The Swifts

[edit] Potanthus - The Darts

[edit] Pseudoborbo - The Swift

[edit] Psolos - The Coons

Coon
Coon

[edit] Pudicitia - The Spotted Redeyes

[edit] Quedara - The Dubious Flitter

[edit] Salanoemia

[edit] Scobura - The Forest Bob

[edit] Sebastonyma

[edit] Sovia - The Bicolour Ace

[edit] Stimula

  • Watson's Demon Stimula swinhoei (Elwes and Edwards, 1897)[44]

[edit] Suada - The Grass Bob

[edit] Suastus - The Palm Bobs

[edit] Taractrocera - The Grass Darts

[edit] Telicota - The Palm Darts

[edit] Thoressa - The Spotted Aces

[edit] Udaspes - The Grass Demon

Grass Demon
Grass Demon

[edit] Zela

[edit] Zographetus - The Flitters

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Actinor genus.
  2. ^ a b c d e Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidopteraon Aeromachus genus.
  3. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Ampittia genus.
  4. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Ancistroides genus.
  5. ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Arnetta genus.
  6. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Astictopterus genus.
  7. ^ a b c d Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Baoris genus.
  8. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Baracus genus.
  9. ^ Card for Baracus hampsoni in LepIndex. Accessed 31 July 2007.
  10. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Borbo genus.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Caltoris genus.
  12. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Cephrenes genus.
  13. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Creteus genus.
  14. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Cupitha genus.
  15. ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Erionota genus.
  16. ^ ZipcodeZoo.com Page for Erionota torus
  17. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Gangara genus.
  18. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Gegenes genus.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Halpe genus.
  20. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Hyarotis genus.
  21. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Iambrix genus.
  22. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Iton genus.
  23. ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Koruthaislos genus.
  24. ^ a b c d Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Matapa genus.
  25. ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Notocrypta genus.
  26. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Ochlodes genus.
  27. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Ochus.
  28. ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Oriens genus.
  29. ^ Haribal, 1994: Mentions O. g. pseudolus (Mabille, 1883)
  30. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Parnara genus.
  31. ^ a b c d e f Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Pelopidas genus.
  32. ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Pithauria genus.
  33. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Plastingia genus.
  34. ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Polytremis genus.
  35. ^ a b c d e f g h i Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Potanthus genus.
  36. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Pseudoborbo genus.
  37. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Psolos genus.
  38. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Pudicitia genus.
  39. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Quedara genus.
  40. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Salanoemia genus.
  41. ^ a b c d Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Scobura genus.
  42. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Sebastonyma .
  43. ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Sovia genus.
  44. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Stimula genus.
  45. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Suastus genus.
  46. ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Taractrocera genus.
  47. ^ a b c d e Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Telicota genus.
  48. ^ a b c d e f g Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Thoressa genus.
  49. ^ Card for Thoressa astigmata in LepIndex. Accessed 27 September 2007.
  50. ^ Card for Thoressa evershedi in LepIndex. Accessed 27 September 2007.
  51. ^ Card for Thoressa sitala in LepIndex. Accessed 27 September 2007.
  52. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera on Udaspes genus.
  53. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Zela .
  54. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Zographetus genus.

[edit] References

Print

  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, 9 figs, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
  • Gay,Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C. (1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
  • Haribal, Meena. (1992) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History (pp 217). Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
  • Kunte, Krushnamegh. (2000) Butterflies of Peninsular India, (i to xviii, pp254, Plates 1 to 32) Universities Press (India) Ltd, Hyderabad (reprint 2006). ISBN 81-7371-354-5
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.Online

Online

  • Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [1] (accessed 26 September 2007).
  • Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [2] (accessed 26 September 2007)

[edit] See also