''Bibasis'', the awlets, are a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of mostly-diurnal

skipper butterflies 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 ...

. The genus is confined to 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 ...

. Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) state that ''Bibasis'' contains just three diurnal species (''B. aquilina'', ''B. iluska'', ''B. sena''), the remainder having been removed to ''

Burara ''Burara'' is a genus of skipper butterflies. Its species were previously considered part of ''Bibasis''. They were treated ''Burara'' by Vane-Wright and de Jong in 2003. Its species are crepuscular In zoology, a crepuscular animal is one ...

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state that ''Bibasis'' contains just three diurnal species, the crepuscular remainder having been removed to ''Burara'' as morphologically and behaviorally distinct from ''Bibasis'', where many authors have formerly included them. Hideyuki Chiba's 2009 revision of subfamily

Coeliadinae Coeliadinae is a subfamily of the skipper butterfly family (Hesperiidae). With about 150 described species, this is one of several smallish skipper butterfly subfamilies. It was first proposed by William Frederick Evans in 1937.Brower & Warren ...

retained those three and added ''B. mahintha'' as a fourth species.

Species

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Bibasis iluska ''Bibasis'', the awlets, are a genus of mostly-diurnal skipper butterflies. The genus is confined to the Indomalayan realm. Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) state that ''Bibasis'' contains just three diurnal species (''B. aquilina'', ''B. iluska' ...

'' (Hewitson, 1867) – Sulawesi * ''

Bibasis mahintha ''Bibasis'', the awlets, are a genus of mostly-diurnal skipper butterflies. The genus is confined to the Indomalayan realm. Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) state that ''Bibasis'' contains just three diurnal species (''B. aquilina'', ''B. iluska' ...

'' Moore 1874 – Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam * ''

Bibasis nestor ''Bibasis'', the awlets, are a genus of mostly-diurnal skipper butterflies. The genus is confined to the Indomalayan realm. Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) state that ''Bibasis'' contains just three diurnal species (''B. aquilina'', ''B. iluska' ...

'' (Möschler, 1878) – Indonesia (Java, Lombok, Suwumba, etc) * ''

Bibasis sena ''Bibasis sena'', commonly known as the orange-tailed awlet, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae, the skippers.Markku Savela's website on LepidopterPage on genus ''Bibasis''./ref> It is also sometimes called the pale green awlet t ...

'' (Moore, 1866) – orange-tailed awlet – India, Sri Lanka, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia (Sumatra, Sulawesi, etc), Malaysia, Philippines.

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