Coladenia is an Oriental genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae. They are found throughout most of Southern, Southeastern, and Eastern Asia.

Coladenia
Coladenia indrani from Kerala, India
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Tagiadini
Genus: Coladenia
Moore, 1881

Species

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The genus contains the following fifteen species:[1][2][3]

  • Coladenia indrani tissa Moore, [1881] - found in Sri Lanka
  • Coladenia indrani uposatha Fruhstorfer, 1910 - found in Burma, Thailand, and Laos
  • Coladenia laxmi laxmi - found in Burma and northern Thailand
  • Coladenia laxmi sobrina Elwes & Edwards, 1897 - found in southern Burma, Thailand, Laos, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Tioman, Sumatra, and Hainan

References

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  1. ^ Markku Savela. "Coladenia Moore, [1881]". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  2. ^ R. de Jong & C.G. Treadway (1992). "Revisional notes on Coladenia Moore, 1881 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 66: 283–293.
  3. ^ with four species restricted to ChinaFunet
  4. ^ Huang, Hao (July 2016). "New or little known butterflies from China - 2 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae et Hesperiidae)" (PDF). Atalanta. 47 (1–2). Deutschen Forschungszentrale für Schmetterlingswanderungen: 163. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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