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. The genus is confined to the

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. Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) state that ''Bibasis'' contains just three diurnal species (''B. aquilina'', ''B. iluska'', ''B. sena''), the remainder having been removed to ''Burara''.The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna ''Zool. Verh. Leiden'' 343, 11.vii.2003: 3-267, figs 1-14, pls 1-16
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Species

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Bibasis amara ''Burara amara'', the small green awlet,Markku Savela's website on Lepidopter/ref> is a species of hesperid butterfly found in Northeast India and Southeast Asia. The butterfly has been reassigned to the genus ''Burara'' by Vane-Wright and de J ...

'' - small green awlet * '' Bibasis anadi'' - plain orange awlet * '' Bibasis aquilina'' (

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, 1879) South China to Amur, Japan. *? '' Bibasis arradi'' Nicer * '' Bibasis etelka'' (Hewitson,

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Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Palawan, Mindanao * ''

Bibasis gomata ''Bibasis gomata'', commonly known as the pale green awlet,Markku Savela's website on Lepidopter/ref> is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Northeast India, the Western Ghats and parts of Southeast Asia. The butter ...

'' - pale green awlet * '' Bibasis harisa'' - orange awlet * '' Bibasis iluska'' (Hewitson, 1867) Sulawesi, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos * '' Bibasis imperialis'' Plötz, 1886 Banggai, Sulawesi * '' Bibasis jaina'' - orange-striped awl ** ''Bibasis jaina formosana'' (

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, 1911) Formosa *? '' Bibasis kanara'' (Evans, 1926) South India * '' Bibasis mahintha'' Moore 1874 Myanmar, Thailand, Laos - May be subspecies of '' Bibasis iluska'' (Hewitson, 1867) * '' Bibasis miraculata'' Evans, 1949 * ''

Bibasis oedipodea ''Bibasis oedipodea'', the branded orange awlet,Markku Savela's website on Lepidopter/ref> is a species of Hesperiidae, hesperid butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The butterfly was reassigned to the genus ''Burara'' by Vane-Wright ...

'' - branded orange awlet * '' Bibasis owstoni'' Eliot, 1980 Malaysia * '' Bibasis phul'' (Mabille, 1876) Celebes, Philippines * ''

Bibasis sena ''Bibasis sena'', commonly known as the orange-tailed awlet, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae, the skippers.Markku Savela's website on LepidopterPage on genus ''Bibasis''./ref> It is also sometimes called the pale green awlet t ...

'' - orangetail awl * '' Bibasis striata'' (Hewitson,

Vietnam, West China * '' Bibasis tuckeri'' Elwes & Edwards, 1897 Sri Lanka, N.India, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, Palawan, Mindanao, Sulawesi, Banggai, Sula * '' Bibasis unipuncta'' Lee, 1962 Yunnan * '' Bibasis vasutana'' - green awlet

References

External links

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at '' Encyclopedia of Life''. Coeliadinae Butterflies of Indochina Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Hesperiidae-stub