Oriens (butterfly)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Erionotini |
| Genus: | Oriens Evans, 1932 |
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Oriens, the dartlets, is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae (Hesperiidae). The genus was described by William Harry Evans in 1932. The six species, all of which look very similar to each other and are often only reliably identifiable through the examination of the male genitalia.
Species
- Oriens alfurus (Plötz, 1885) – Celebes
- Oriens californica (Scudder, 1872) – Philippines
- Oriens fons Evans, 1949 Philippines
- Oriens paragola (de Nicéville & Martin, [1896]) – Sumatra
- Oriens augustula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Fiji
- Oriens goloides (Moore, [1881]) – Ceylon, India, Nepal, South China to Malay Peninsula.
- Oriens gola (Moore, 1877) – Ceylon, South India, Kumaon, Sikkim to Assam, Burma, Vietnam
- Oriens concinna (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – India (Shevaroys, Nilgiris, Palnis, Coorg)
Biology
The larvae feed on grasses including Imperata, Oryza, and Paspalum.[2]
References
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ 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
- Oriens Evans, 1932" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms