Plastingia
Appearance
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Plastingia tessellata (figure 73) and Plastingia naga (figure 73 bis) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subfamily: | Hesperiinae |
Tribe: | Erionotini |
Genus: | Plastingia Butler, 1870 |
Plastingia is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
[edit]- Plastingia naga (de Niceville, 1884) - chequered or silver-spot lancer
- Plastingia pellonia Fruhstorfer, 1909 Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka, Java, Bali, Palawan
- Plastingia flavescens (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) Celebes
- Plastingia viburnia Semper, 1892 Philippines
- Plastingia mangola Evans, 1949 Celebes
- Plastingia tessellata (Hewitson, [1866]) Celebes
- Plastingia titei Cantlie & Norman, 1960 Assam
Biology
[edit]The larvae feed on Palmae including Caryota [1]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plastingia.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Plastingia Butler, 1870 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms