Matapa
Matapa aria female (fig. 24 & 25)
M. druna (fig. 26)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Matapa
Moore, [1881][1]
Species
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Matapa is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The species of this genus occur in the Indomalayan realm, from India to Sulawesi.[2] They are mainly crepuscular and have red eyes.

Species

  • Matapa aria (Moore, [1866])
  • Matapa celsina (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – Celebes, Banggai Island
  • Matapa cresta Evans, 1949 – Sikkim to Burma, China, Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra
  • Matapa deprivata de Jong, 1983 – Burma
  • Matapa druna (Moore, [1866])
  • Matapa intermedia de Jong, 1983 – Sulawesi
  • Matapa pseudodruna X.L. Fan, H. Chiba & M. Wang – China
  • Matapa purpurascens Elwes & Edwards, 1897 – Khasi Hills (Assam), China
  • Matapa sasivarna (Moore, [1866]) – Sikkim to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Malaya, Sumatra

Ecology

The larvae feed on grasses including Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Ochlandra, and Oxytenanthera.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ Matapa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. ↑ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. Hosts - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. nhm hosts
  • Jong de, R. 1983: Revision of the Oriental genus Matapa Moore (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) with discussion of its phylogeny and geographic History. Zoologische Mededelingen 57 (21): 243–270. Full article:


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