''Lotongus'' 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. The genus is confined to the
Indomalayan realm.
Species
*''
Lotongus calathus
''Lotongus'' 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 ...
'' (Hewitson, 1876) Burma to Malaya
**''L. c. calathus'' Thailand, Langkawi, Malaysia, Tioman, Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka, Natuna, Palawan
**''L. c. taprobanus'' (Plötz, 1885) Celebes
**''L. c. balta'' Evans, 1949 Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Laos
*''
Lotongus saralus'' (de Nicéville, 1889) Assam to W.China.
**''L. s. chinensis'' Evans, 1932 Burma, Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnam, Szechwan
**''L. s. quinquepunctus'' Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Hainan
*''
Lotongus sarala''
Former species
*''Lotongus avesta''
(Hewitson, 1868) - transferred to ''
Avestia avesta''
(Hewitson, 1868)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Hesperiinae
Hesperiidae genera
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