Matapa | |
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Matapa aria female (fig. 24 & 25) M. druna (fig. 26) | |
Scientific classification
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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.
The larvae feed on grasses including Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Ochlandra, and Oxytenanthera. [3]
Matapa | |
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Matapa aria female (fig. 24 & 25) M. druna (fig. 26) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Erionotini |
Genus: |
Matapa Moore, [1881] [1] |
Species | |
See text
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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.
The larvae feed on grasses including Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Ochlandra, and Oxytenanthera. [3]