Matapa (butterfly)

Matapa is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The species ranges from India to Sulawesi.(That is across the (Indomalayan realm). [2] The species are mainly crepuscular and have red eyes, at least during their life.

Matapa
Matapa aria female, figures 24 and 25
Matapa druna, figure 26
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Subfamily:
Hesperiinae
Tribe:
Erionotini
Genus:
Matapa

Moore, [1881][1]
Species

See text

Species
  • Matapa aria (Moore, [1866])
  • Matapa celsina (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) Celebes, Banggai Island
  • Matapa cresta Evans, 1949 Sikkim to Burma, China, Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra
  • Matapa deprivata de Jong, 1983 Burma
  • Matapa druna (Moore, [1866])
  • Matapa intermedia de Jong, 1983 Sulawesi
  • Matapa pseudodruna X.L. Fan , H. Chiba & M. Wang China
  • Matapa purpurascens Elwes & Edwards, 1897 Khasi Hills (Assam), China
  • Matapa sasivarna (Moore, [1866]) Sikkim to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Malaya, Sumatra

Biology

The larvae feed on Gramineae including Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa,Gigantochloa, Ochlandra, Oxytenanthera. [3]

References
  1. Matapa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. 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
  • Jong de, R. 1983: Revision of the Oriental genus Matapa Moore (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) with discussion of its phylogeny and geographic History. Zoologische Mededelingen 57 (21): 243-270. Full article:


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