Bibasis, the awlets, are a genus of skipper butterflies. The genus is confined to the Indomalayan realm. Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) state that Bibasis contains just three diurnal species (B. aquilina, B. iluska, B. sena), the remainder having been removed to Burara.[1]
| Awlets | |
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| Orange-striped awl Bibasis jaina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Coeliadinae |
| Genus: | Bibasis Moore, [1881] |
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Species edit
- Bibasis amara - small green awlet
- Bibasis anadi - plain orange awlet
- Bibasis aquilina (Speyer, 1879) South China to Amur, Japan.
- ? Bibasis arradi Nicer
- Bibasis etelka - great orange awlet
- Bibasis gomata - pale green awlet
- Bibasis harisa - orange awlet
- Bibasis iluska (Hewitson, 1867) Sulawesi, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
- Bibasis imperialis Plötz, 1886 Banggai, Sulawesi
- Bibasis jaina - orange-striped awl
- Bibasis jaina formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Formosa
- ? Bibasis kanara (Evans, 1926) South India
- Bibasis mahintha Moore 1874 Myanmar, Thailand, Laos - May be subspecies of Bibasis iluska (Hewitson, 1867)
- Bibasis miraculata Evans, 1949
- Bibasis oedipodea - branded orange awlet
- Bibasis owstoni Eliot, 1980 Malaysia
- Bibasis phul (Mabille, 1876) Celebes, Philippines
- Bibasis sena - orangetail awl
- Bibasis striata (Hewitson, [1867]) Vietnam, West China
- Bibasis tuckeri Elwes & Edwards, 1897 Sri Lanka, N.India, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, Palawan, Mindanao, Sulawesi, Banggai, Sula
- Bibasis unipuncta Lee, 1962 Yunnan
- Bibasis vasutana - green awlet
References edit
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bibasis.
Wikispecies has information related to Bibasis.
- Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2019). "Bibasis Moore, [1881]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- Images representing Bibasis at Encyclopedia of Life.
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