''Oerane'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

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 ...

. Species of the genus are 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 ...

. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9

Species

*''Oerane microthyrus'' Mabille, 1883 - Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Banka, Java and the Philippines *''Oerane pugnans'' ( de Nicéville, 1891) - Indomalayan realm

References

External links

''Oerane'' Elwes & Edwards, 1897
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Hesperiinae {{Hesperiidae-stub