''Thoressa'' is a

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skipper butterflies 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 ...

erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is

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with many species endemic to

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. Species include: * '' Thoressa aina'' (de Nicéville, 1889) Sikkim * '' Thoressa astigmata'' (C. Swinhoe, 1890) southern spotted ace or unbranded ace * '' Thoressa baileyi'' (South, 1913) China * '' Thoressa blanchardii'' (Mabille, 1876) China * '' Thoressa bivitta'' (Oberthür, 1886) China * '' Thoressa cerata'' (Hewitson, 1876) Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos * ''

Thoressa cuneomaculata ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spe ...

'' (Murayama, 1995) China * '' Thoressa decorata'' (Moore, 1881) decorated ace

* ''

Thoressa evershedi ''Thoressa evershedi'', the Evershed's ace, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. W. H. Evans described it from Palni Hills in 1910 and named it after Evershed as he was the first person to collect it. Description Range The bu ...

'' (Evans, 1910) Evershed's ace * '' Thoressa fusca'' (Elwes,

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Northeast India, Myanmar, China, Indochina * '' Thoressa gupta'' de Nicéville, 1886 Sikkim, China * '' Thoressa hishikawai'' (Yoshino, 2003) China * ''

Thoressa honorei ''Thoressa honorei'', commonly known as the Madras ace, is a skipper butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in south India South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern par ...

'' (de Nicéville, 1887) Madras ace * '' Thoressa horishama'' (Matsumura, 1910) Formosa * '' Thoressa horishana'' (Matsumura) sic Formosa * '' Thoressa hyrie'' (de Nicéville, 1891) * '' Thoressa justini'' Inoue, 1969 Philippines * ''

Thoressa latris ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spe ...

'' (Leech, 1894) China * ''

Thoressa kuata ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spe ...

'' (Evans, 1940) China * ''

Thoressa luanchuanensis ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spe ...

'' (Wang & Niu, 2002) China * '' Thoressa masoni'' (Moore,

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* ''

Thoressa monastyrskyi ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spe ...

'' Devyatkin, 1996 Vietnam * '' Thoressa masuriensis'' (Moore, 1878) * ''

Thoressa nanshaona ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spe ...

'' Murayama, 1995 China * ''

Thoressa panda ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spe ...

'' (Evans, 1937) Naga Hills * '' Thoressa pandita'' (de Nicéville, 1885) * '' Thoressa pedla'' (Evans, 1956) China * '' Thoressa serena'' (Evans, 1937) China * '' Thoressa similissima'' Devyatkin, 2002 Vietnam * '' Thoressa sitala'' (de Nicéville, 1885) Tamil ace or Sitala ace * '' Thoressa submacula'' (Leech, 1890) China, Vietnam * '' Thoressa thandaunga'' (Evans, 1926) Karen Hills * ''

Thoressa varia ''Thoressa varia'' is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found on the islands of eastern Asia, including the Sakhalin Islands and Kuril Islands, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and north-eastern China. Its Japanese common name ''kochabane-s ...

'' (Murray, 1875) * '' Thoressa viridis'' (Huang, 2003) China * '' Thoressa xiaoqingae'' Huang & Zhan, 2004 China * '' Thoressa zinnia'' (Evans, 1939) China

Biology

The larvae feed on Gramineae including ''

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References

* Taxonomy, distribution

External links

* Hesperiidae genera {{Hesperiinae-stub