Caltoris is a genus of skipper butterflies. Like several related genera, they are called "swifts".It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm.[2]
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| Caltoris cahira | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Hesperiinae |
| Tribe: | Baorini |
| Genus: | Caltoris C. Swinhoe, 1893 [1] |
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Species
edit- Caltoris aurociliata (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) Sikkim, Assam
- Caltoris beraka (Plötz, 1885) Celebes
- Caltoris boisduvalii (C. Felder & R. Felder, [1867]) Papua
- Caltoris bromus (Leech, 1894) India, China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Borneo, Palawan, Philippines
- Caltoris brunnea (Snellen, 1876) Java, Myanmar
- Caltoris cahira, colon swift,
- Caltoris cahira austeni, Austen's swift
- Caltoris canaraica, Kanara swift
- Caltoris confusa
- Caltoris cormasa (Hewitson, 1876) India to Malaya
- Caltoris kumara, blank swift
- Caltoris malaya (Evans, 1926) Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Java
- Caltoris mehavagga (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Celebes, Sula, Buru
- Caltoris nirwana (Plötz, 1882) Java to West China
- Caltoris philippina, Philippine swift
- Caltoris plebeia (de Nicéville, 1887) tufted swift. Sikkim to Borneo
- Caltoris septentrionalis Koiwaiya, 1996
- Caltoris sirius (Evans, 1926) Tibet
- Caltoris tenuis (Evans, 1932) Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
- Caltoris tulsi (de Nicéville, [1884]) purple swift. India to Malaya, South China, Java
The larvae variously feed on Poaceae, Arecaceae:-Bambusa, Imperata, Dendrocalamus, Sinarundinaria, Oryza, Saccharum.[3]
References
edit- ^ Swinhoe, Charles (1893). "A List of the Lepidoptera of the Khasi Hills. Part I". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1893 (3): 267-330.
- ^ Seitz, A. (1912-1927). Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde. 9.
- ^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/havt50xw.
- Savela, Markku (November 28, 2015). "Caltoris Swinhoe, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
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