''Caltoris'' is a genus of
skipper butterflies
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 ...
. Like several related genera, they are called "swifts".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 ...
and the
Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea and ...
.
[ Seitz, A. (1912-1927). ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde''. 9.]
Species
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Caltoris aurociliata''
(Elwes & Edwards, 1897) Sikkim, Assam
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Caltoris beraka''
(Plötz, 1885) Celebes
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Caltoris boisduvalii''
(C. Felder & R. Felder, 867
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* September 23 – Emperor Michael III is murde ...
Papua
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Caltoris bromus''
(Leech, 1894) India, China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Borneo, Palawan, Philippines
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Caltoris brunnea''
(Snellen, 1876) Java, Myanmar
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Caltoris cahira'', colon swift,
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Caltoris cahira austeni'', Austen's swift
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Caltoris canaraica'', Kanara swift
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Caltoris confusa''
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Caltoris cormasa''
(Hewitson, 1876) India to Malaya
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Caltoris kumara'', blank swift
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Caltoris malaya
''Caltoris'' is a genus of skipper butterflies. Like several related genera, they are called "swifts".It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm. Seitz, A. (1912-1927). ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde ...
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(Evans, 1926) Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Java
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Caltoris mehavagga''
(Fruhstorfer, 1911) Celebes, Sula, Buru
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Caltoris nirwana''
(Plötz, 1882) Java to West China
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Caltoris philippina'', Philippine swift
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Caltoris plebeia''
(de Nicéville, 1887) tufted swift. Sikkim to Borneo
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Caltoris septentrionalis''
Koiwaiya, 1996
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Caltoris sirius''
(Evans, 1926) Tibet
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Caltoris tenuis''
(Evans, 1932) Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
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Caltoris tulsi''
(de Nicéville, 884
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Events
By place Europe
* March 1 – Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, count of Castile, founds and repo ...
purple swift. India to Malaya, South China, Java
The larvae variously feed on
Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
,
Arecaceae
The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...
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Bambusa
''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft).
The ...
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Imperata
''Imperata'' is a small but widespread genus of tropical and subtropical grasses, commonly known as satintails.
Satintail grass species are perennial rhizomatous herbs with solid, erect stems and silky inflorescences. The best known species is ...
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Dendrocalamus
''Dendrocalamus'' is a tropical Asian genus of giant clumping bamboos in the grass family. It is found in the Indian subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia.
''Dendrocalamus giganteus'' is one of the tallest of bamboos, capable of reaching heigh ...
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Sinarundinaria
''Chimonocalamus'' is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family. It is native to China, the eastern Himalayas, and northern Indochina. Some of the species are aromatic and grown as ornamental plants.
;Species
;Formerly included
see ''Chimon ...
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Oryza
''Oryza'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. It includes the major food crop rice (species ''Oryza sativa'' and ''Oryza glaberrima''). Members of the genus grow as tall, wetland grasses, growing to tall; the genus includes both annual an ...
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Saccharum
''Saccharum'' is a genus of tall perennial plants of the broomsedge tribe within the grass family.
The genus is widespread across tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions in Africa, Eurasia, Australia, the Americas, and assorted ocean ...
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References
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Hesperiidae genera
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