Hyarotis

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

Hyarotis

Hyarotis iadera (figure 32)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Hesperiinae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Hyarotis Moore, 1881 [1]

Species

Hyarotis adrastus (Cramer, 1780) - tree flitter
Hyarotis microstrictum (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1887) - brush flitter
Hyarotis stubbsi Eliot, 1959 Malaya
Hyarotis iadera (de Nicéville, 1895) Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Siberut, Banka, Java, Bali.

Biology

The larvae feed on Palmae including Calamus, Calamus, Chrysalidocarpus, Phoenix [3]

References

Moore, [1881] The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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
Hyarotis Moore, 1881 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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