''Hyarotis'' 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

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Hyarotis adrastus ''Hyarotis adrastus'', the tree flitter, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Description Distribution Bengal. (Moore in P. Z. S.) Recorded from Ceylon (Hutchison, Wade, Mackwood); Andaman ...

'' (Cramer, 1780) - tree flitter *'' Hyarotis microstrictum'' (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1887) - brush flitter *'' Hyarotis stubbsi'' Eliot, 1959 Malaya *'' Hyarotis iadera'' (de Nicéville, 1895) Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Siberut, Banka, Java, Bali.

Biology

The larvae feed on

Palmae 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 ...

including ''

Calamus Calamus may refer to: Botany and zoology * ''Calamus'' (fish), a genus of fish in the family Sparidae * ''Calamus'' (palm), a genus of rattan palms * Calamus, the hollow shaft of a feather, also known as the quill * '' Acorus calamus'', the swe ...

'', ''

Chrysalidocarpus ''Dypsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae. They are slender, evergreen palms with yellow flowers carried in panicles amongst the pinnate leaves. Many ''Dypsis'' species have aerial branching (above the main trunk), a rare ...

'', '' Phoenix'' 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''Hyarotis'' Moore, 1881
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Hesperiinae Hesperiidae genera {{Hesperiinae-stub