''Suastus'', whose members are called palm bobs, is a genus of

grass skipper Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the Skipper (butterfly), skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. Description and distribution With ove ...

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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

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Suastus gremius ''Suastus gremius'', the Indian palm bob or palm bob, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.Corbet, A. S. & Pendlebury, H. M., 1956. ''The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula'' Edn. 2. Edinburg ...

'' (Fabricius, 1798) South India, Northwest Himalayas to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, Hong Kong, Formosa, Langkawi, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Sumba, Indian palm bob *''

Suastus minuta ''Suastus minuta'', the small palm bob, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm - south India, Sikkim to Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Vietnam and (''S. m. flemingi'' Eliot, 1973) Mala ...

'' (Moore, 1877) South India, Sikkim to Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Vietnam and Malaya, Small palm bob *''

Suastus everyx ''Suastus'', whose members are called palm bobs, is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. Species *'' Suastus gremius'' (Fabricius, 1798) South India, Northwest Himalayas to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, Hong ...

'' (Mabille, 1883) Burma, Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, White palm bob *''

Suastus migreus ''Suastus'', whose members are called palm bobs, is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. Species *''Suastus gremius'' (Fabricius, 1798) South India, Northwest Himalayas to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, Hong K ...

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Biology

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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 trees ...

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Arenga ''Arenga'' is a genus of palms, native to Southeast Asia, southern China, New Guinea, and northern Australia. They are small to medium-sized palms, growing to 2–20 m tall, with pinnate leaves 2–12 m long. Arenga palms can grow in areas with ...

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Borassus ''Borassus'' (palmyra palm) is a genus of five species of fan palms, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Papua New Guinea. Description These massive palms can grow up to high and have robust trunks with distinct leaf scars; in so ...

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Caryota ''Caryota'' is a genus of palm trees. They are often known as fishtail palms because of the shape of their leaves. There are about 13 species native to Asia (China, India, Indonesia, etc.), northern Australia, and the South Pacific. One of the ...

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Chamaerops ''Chamaerops'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae. The only currently fully accepted species is ''Chamaerops humilis'', variously called European fan palm or the Mediterranean dwarf palm. It is one of the most cold-hardy p ...

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Licuala ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are fan ...

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Phoenix Phoenix most often refers to: * Phoenix (mythology), a legendary bird from ancient Greek folklore * Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States Phoenix may also refer to: Mythology Greek mythological figures * Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a ...

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Rhapis ''Rhapis'' is a genus of about 10 species of small palms native to southeastern Asia from southern Japan and southern China south to Sumatra. The species are commonly known as lady palms. They are fan palms (subfamily Coryphoideae), with the l ...

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Trachycarpus ''Trachycarpus'' is a genus of eleven species of palms native to Asia, from the Himalaya east to eastern China. They are fan palms (subfamily Coryphoideae), with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. T ...

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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 ...

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References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database''Suastus'' Moore, 1881
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Hesperiinae Hesperiidae genera {{Hesperiinae-stub