Gangara
| Gangara | |
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| Gangara sanguinocculus (figure 17) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Megathymini |
| Genus: | Gangara Moore, [1881] |
Gangara is an Indomalayan[1] genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
[edit]- Gangara lebadea (Hewitson, 1886) - banded redeye
- Gangara thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775) - giant redeye
- Gangara sanguinocculus (Martin, 1895)Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
- Gangara tumpa de Jong, 1992 Celebes
The larvae feed on Arecaceae, Musaceae, Philydraceae, Myrtaceae, Poaceae:- Calamus, Korthalsia, Arenga, Caryota, Cocos, Cyrtostachys, Elaeis, Eugeissona, Licuala, Livistona, Musa, Nypa, Philydrum, Psidium, Roystonea, Saccharum, Trachycarpus.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Markku Savela (1999-2013) Lepidoptera and some other life forms.
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