''Polytremis'' is a mainly
Chinese
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genus of
grass skipper
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.
Species
* ''
Polytremis annama''
Evans, 1937
* ''
Polytremis caerulescens''
(Mabille, 1876) China (Tibet)
* ''
Polytremis choui''
Huang, 1994 China (Fujian)
* ''
Polytremis discreta''
(Elwes & Edwards, 1897)
* ''
Polytremis eltola''
(Hewitson, 1869)
* ''
Polytremis flavinerva''
Chou & Zhou, 1994 China (Guangxi)
* ''
Polytremis gigantea''
Tsukiyama, Chiba & Fujioka, 1997 China (Sichuan)
* ''
Polytremis gotama''
Sugiyama, 1999 China (northwest Yunnan)
* ''
Polytremis kiraizana''
(Sonan, 1938)
* ''
Polytremis lubricans
''Polytremis lubricans'', the contiguous swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Subspecies
*''Polytremis lubricans lubricans'' (Tibet, India, Indo-China, Yunnan, Malay Peninsula, Sumatr ...
''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Indomalayan realm
* ''
Polytremis matsuii''
Sugiyama, 1999 China (Dujiangyan)
* ''
Polytremis mencia''
(Moore, 1877) China (Shanghai)
* ''
Polytremis micropunctata''
Huang, 2003 China (northwest Yunnan)
* ''
Polytremis minuta''
(Evans, 1926)
* ''
Polytremis nascens''
(Leech, 1893) China (Chia-kou-ho; Omei-Shan)
* ''
Polytremis pellucida''
(Murray, 1875)
* ''
Polytremis suprema''
Sugiyama, 1999
* ''
Polytremis theca''
(Evans, 1937) China (Sichuan, Shaanxi, Fujian, Anhui, Yunnan)
* ''
Polytremis zina''
(Evans, 1932) South China, East China, Ussuri
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Host plants
Species of the genus ''Polytremis'' feed on plants of the family Poaceae. Host plants include the genera ''Microstegium
''Microstegium'' is a genus of African, Asian, and Pacific Island plants in the sorghum tribe within the grass family. Browntop is a common name.
; Species
; formerly included
see ''Ischaemum
''Ischaemum'' is a taxonomically one of the m ...
'', ''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 ...
'', ''Miscanthus
''Miscanthus'', or silvergrass, is a genus of African, Eurasian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family, Poaceae.
; Species
* '' Miscanthus changii'' Y.N.Lee – Korea
* '' Miscanthus depauperatus'' Merr. – the Philippines
* '' Miscant ...
'', ''Saccharum
''Saccharum'' is a genus of tall perennial plants of the broomsedge tribe within the grass family.
The genus is widespread across tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions in Africa, Eurasia, Australia, the Americas, and assorted oceani ...
'', ''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 ...
'', ''Phragmites
''Phragmites'' () is a genus of four species of large perennial reed grasses found in wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world.
Taxonomy
The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, maintained by Kew Garden in L ...
'' and '' Sasa''.[Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni y L. M. Hernández (2010) ''HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants''. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts.]
References
Hesperiinae
Hesperiidae genera
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