''Halpe'' is a genus of
grass skippers 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
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Halpe albicilla''
de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi.
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Halpe arcuata''
Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsula, Laos, Yunnan
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Halpe aucma''
Swinhoe, 1893 Tibet
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Halpe aurifera''
(Elwes & Edwards, 1897) Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Nias
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Halpe beturia''
(Hewitson, 1868) Sulawesi, Banggai
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Halpe burmana''
Swinhoe, 1893 Burma, Thailand, Laos
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Halpe clara''
Cassidy, 1985 Borneo
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Halpe damar''
Bedford-Russel, 1984 Sulawesi
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Halpe dante''
Evans, 1949
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Halpe dizangpusa
''Halpe'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*'' Halpe albicilla'' de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi.
*'' Halpe arcuata'' Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsula, ...
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Huang, 2002 China
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Halpe elana''
Eliot, 1939 Thailand, Laos, Malaya
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Halpe fasciata''
Elwes & Edwards, 1897
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Halpe filda''
Evans, 1949 Tibet, Sikkim
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Halpe flava
''Halpe'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*'' Halpe albicilla'' de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi.
*'' Halpe arcuata'' Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsula, ...
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Evans, 1926 Burma, Thailand, Laos, Malaya, Borneo
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Halpe frontieri
''Halpe'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*'' Halpe albicilla'' de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi.
*'' Halpe arcuata'' Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsula, ...
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Devyatkin, 1997 Vietnam
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Halpe gamma
''Halpe'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*'' Halpe albicilla'' de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi.
*'' Halpe arcuata'' Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsula, ...
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Evans, 1937 China, Formosa
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Halpe handa
''Halpe'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*'' Halpe albicilla'' de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi.
*'' Halpe arcuata'' Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsula, ...
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Evans, 1949 Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Yunnan
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Halpe hauxwelli
''Halpe'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*'' Halpe albicilla'' de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi.
*'' Halpe arcuata'' Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsula, ...
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Evans, 1937 Burma, Thailand, Laos, Yunnan
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Halpe hermaphrodite
''Halpe'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*'' Halpe albicilla'' de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi.
*'' Halpe arcuata'' Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsula, ...
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Chiba & Tsukiyama, 1999 Philippines
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Halpe hieron
''Halpe'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*'' Halpe albicilla'' de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi.
*'' Halpe arcuata'' Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsul ...
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de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra
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Halpe homolea
''Halpe homolea'', the Indian ace or Ceylon ace, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. ...
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(Hewitson, 1868) Sikkim - Assam, Burma, Ceylon Malaya, Java
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Halpe honorei''
de Nicéville, 1887 South India
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Halpe inconspicua
''Halpe'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*'' Halpe albicilla'' de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi.
*'' Halpe arcuata'' Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsula, ...
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de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Philippines
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Halpe insignis
''Halpe'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*'' Halpe albicilla'' de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi.
*'' Halpe arcuata'' Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsula, ...
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(Distant, 1886) Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra
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Halpe knyvetti
''Halpe'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*'' Halpe albicilla'' de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi.
*'' Halpe arcuata'' Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsula, ...
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Elwes & Edwards, 1897 India, Tibet, Sikkim
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Halpe kumara
''Halpe'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*''Halpe albicilla'' de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Sulawesi.
*''Halpe arcuata'' Evans, 1937 Northeast India, Burma to Malay Peninsula, L ...
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de Nicéville, 1885 Sikkim, Assam, Yunnan
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Halpe kusala''
Frühstorfer, 1911 Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
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Halpe luteisquama''
(Mabille, 1877) Philippines
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Halpe luzona''
Evans, 1949 Philippines
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Halpe mixta''
Huang, 2003 Yunnan
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Halpe molta''
Evans, 1949 Tibet
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Halpe muoi''
Huang, 1999 Yunnan
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Halpe nephele''
Leech, 1893 Sichuan, Laos
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Halpe nuydai''
Murayama & Okumura, 1973
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Halpe ormenes''
(Plötz, 1886) Sikkim to Burma, Yunnan, Thailand, Laos, Malaya, Java
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Halpe palawea''
Staudinger, 1889
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Halpe parakumara''
Huang, 2003 China
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Halpe paupera''
Devyatkin, 2002 Vietnam, Hong Kong
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Halpe pelethronix''
Frühstorfer, 1910 Burma, Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sundaland
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Halpe porus''
(Mabille, 1877) Nilgiris, Coorg, Kanara, Bihar, Mussoorie to Burma, West China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaya, Hainan, Langkawi
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Halpe purpurascens''
de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Philippines
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Halpe scissa''
Cantlie, 1961 Assam
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Halpe sikkima''
Moore, 1882 Sikkim to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Java
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Halpe sulphurifera''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
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Halpe tilia''
Evans, 1949 Philippines
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Halpe toxopea''
Evans, 1932 Thailand, Langkawi, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Palawan
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Halpe veluvana''
Frühstorfer, 1911 Java
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Halpe wantona''
Swinhoe, 1893 Assam to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Malaya
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Halpe zandra''
Evans, 1937
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Halpe zema''
(Hewitson, 1877) Sikkim to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Yunnan, Malaya, Java
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Halpe zinda''
Evans, 1937 Malaya
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Halpe zola''
Evans, 1937 Burma, Thailand, Laos
Biology
''Halpe'' larvae feed on
Gramineae including ''
Dinochloa'', ''
Ochlandra talbotii
''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''
* ...
'' and ''
Bambusa''
[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]
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References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
Funet
Astictopterini
Butterflies of Indochina
Hesperiidae genera
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