''Baoris'' is a genus of

grass skippers Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. Description and distribution With over 2,000 described sp ...

in the family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...

.It is found in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

Species

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Baoris farri ''Baoris farri'', commonly known as the paintbrush swift, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) ...

'' (Moore, 1878) *''

Baoris leechii ''Baoris'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.It is found in the Indomalayan realm Species *''Baoris farri'' (Moore, 1878) *''Baoris leechii'' Elwes & Edwards, 1897 West and Central China *''Baoris longistigmata'' Huang, ...

'' Elwes & Edwards, 1897 West and Central China *''

Baoris longistigmata ''Baoris'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.It is found in the Indomalayan realm Species *'' Baoris farri'' (Moore, 1878) *''Baoris leechii'' Elwes & Edwards, 1897 West and Central China *'' Baoris longistigmata'' Huang ...

'' Huang, 1999 *''

Baoris oceia ''Baoris'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.It is found in the Indomalayan realm Species *'' Baoris farri'' (Moore, 1878) *''Baoris leechii'' Elwes & Edwards, 1897 West and Central China *''Baoris longistigmata'' Huang, ...

'' (Hewitson, 1868) *''

Baoris pagana ''Baoris pagana'' is a species of skipper butterfly found in Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total ...

'' (de Nicéville, 1887) *''

Baoris penicillata ''Baoris penicillata'', the Paintbrush swift, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were p ...

'' Moore,

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Baoris chapmani ''Baoris'' is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.It is found in the Indomalayan realm Species *'' Baoris farri'' (Moore, 1878) *''Baoris leechii'' Elwes & Edwards, 1897 West and Central China *'' Baoris longistigmata'' Huang ...

'' Evans, 1937 Burma, Bangladesh *''Baoris unicolor'' Moore,

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Biology

The larvae feed on

Gramineae Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated i ...

including '' Dinochloa'', ''

Bambusa ''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft). They ...

'', ''

Dendrocalamus ''Dendrocalamus'' is a tropical Asian genus of giant clumping bamboos in the grass family. It is found in the Indian subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern ...

'', '' Ochlandra'', ''

Saccharum ''Saccharum'' is a genus of tall perennial plants of the broomsedge tribe within the grass family. The genus is widespread across tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions in Africa, Eurasia, Australia, the Americas, and assorted ocean ...

'' , ''

Oryza ''Oryza'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. It includes the major food crop rice (species ''Oryza sativa'' and ''Oryza glaberrima''). Members of the genus grow as tall, wetland grasses, growing to tall; the genus includes both annual an ...

'' 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
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References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database''Baoris'' Moore, 1881
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Hesperiinae Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Frederic Moore Taxa described in 1881 {{Hesperiinae-stub