''Oriens'', the dartlets, is a genus of
grass skippers, butterflies in the subfamily
Hesperiinae (
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 ...
). The genus was described by
William Harry Evans in 1932.
Species
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Oriens alfurus''
(Plötz, 1885) – Celebes
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Oriens californica''
(Scudder, 1872) – Philippines
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Oriens fons''
Evans, 1949
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Oriens paragola''
(de Nicéville & Martin, 896 – Sumatra
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Oriens augustula''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Fiji
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Oriens goloides''
(Moore, 881
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Events
By place Europe
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– Ceylon, India, Nepal, South China to Malay Peninsula.
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Oriens gola''
(Moore, 1877) – Ceylon, South India, Kumaon, Sikkim to Assam, Burma, Vietnam
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Oriens concinna''
(Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – India (Shevaroys, Nilgiris, Palnis, Coorg)
Biology
The larvae feed on
grasses
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 and ...
including ''
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 ...
'', ''
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 ...
'', and ''
Paspalum''.
[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]
nhm hosts
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References
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Hesperiinae
Hesperiidae genera
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