''Quedara'' is a 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 ...
butterflies in the family
Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by
Charles Swinhoe
Colonel Charles Swinhoe (27 August 1838, in CalcuttaAlthough many published sources give 1836, the India Office Records note it as 1838 (), the other year being that of his brother Robert Swinhoe, Robert. – 2 December 1923) was an England, Engli ...
in 1919.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
[Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera ]
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Quedara albifascia
''Quedara'' is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1919.
Species
Listed alphabetically:Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
*'' Quedara albifascia'' (Moore, 1878) – My ...
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(Moore, 1878) – Myanmar, Laos
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Quedara basiflava''
(de Nicéville, 889
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Events
By place
Europe
* Guy III, duke of Spoleto, defeats the Lombard king Berengar I at the Tr ...
– endemic to Western Ghats, India
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Quedara flavens
''Quedara'' is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1919.
Species
Listed alphabetically:Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
*'' Quedara albifascia'' (Moore, 1878) – My ...
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Devyatkin, 2000 – northern Vietnam, southern Yunnan
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Quedara inornata
''Quedara'' is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1919.
Species
Listed alphabetically:Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
*''Quedara albifascia'' (Moore, 1878) – Mya ...
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(Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – Borneo
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Quedara monteithi''
(Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 887 – dubious flitter – Malaya
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Quedara singularis''
(Mabille, 1893)
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 tree ...
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 ...
'' and ''
Eugeissona
''Eugeissona'' is a clustering genus of flowering plant in the palm family native to Borneo, Thailand and Malaysia. The six monoecious species provide a wide range of local uses and are commonly called bertam or wild Bornean sago. The genus is t ...
'',
References
Hesperiinae
Hesperiidae genera
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