''Baoris'' is a genus of
grass skippers
Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
Description and distribution
With over 2,000 described sp ...
in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
.It is found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
Species
*''
Baoris farri''
(Moore, 1878)
*''
Baoris leechii
''Baoris'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.It is found in the Indomalayan realm
Species
*'' Baoris farri'' (Moore, 1878)
*'' Baoris leechii'' Elwes & Edwards, 1897 West and Central China
*''Baoris longistigmata'' Huang ...
''
Elwes & Edwards, 1897 West and Central China
*''
Baoris longistigmata
''Baoris'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.It is found in the Indomalayan realm
Species
*'' Baoris farri'' (Moore, 1878)
*'' Baoris leechii'' Elwes & Edwards, 1897 West and Central China
*'' Baoris longistigmata'' Huan ...
''
Huang, 1999
*''
Baoris oceia''
(Hewitson, 1868)
*''
Baoris pagana''
(de Nicéville, 1887)
*''
Baoris penicillata''
Moore, 881
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Events
By place Europe
* February 12 – King Charles the Fat, the third son of the late Louis the German, is crowned as Holy Roman Emper ...
/small> India, Ceylon, India, Thailand, Laos.
*'' Baoris chapmani'' Evans, 1937 Burma, Bangladesh
*''Baoris unicolor'' Moore, 884
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Events
By place Europe
* March 1 – Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, count of Castile, founds and repo ...
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Biology
The larvae feed on
Gramineae including ''
Dinochloa'', ''
Bambusa'', ''
Dendrocalamus'', ''
Ochlandra
''Ochlandra'' is a genus of Indian bamboo in the grass family).
The species are endemic to the Western Ghats (India), except for one species from Sri Lanka.
;Species
;Formerly included
see ''Cathariostachys Nastus Schizostachyum Valiha''
* ...
'', ''
Saccharum'' , ''
Oryza ''
[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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References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database''Baoris'' Moore, 1881
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Hesperiinae
Hesperiidae genera
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