''Caltoris'' is a genus of
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 ...
. Like several related genera, they are called "swifts".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 ...
and the
Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is one of eight biogeographic realms that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua Ne ...
.
[ Seitz, A. (1912-1927). ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde''. 9.]
Species
* ''
Caltoris aurociliata''
(Elwes & Edwards, 1897) Sikkim, Assam
* ''
Caltoris beraka''
(Plötz, 1885) Celebes
* ''
Caltoris boisduvalii''
(C. Felder & R. Felder, 867 Papua
* ''
Caltoris bromus''
(Leech, 1894) India, China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Borneo, Palawan, Philippines
* ''
Caltoris brunnea''
(Snellen, 1876) Java, Myanmar
* ''
Caltoris cahira'', colon swift,
** ''
Caltoris cahira austeni'', Austen's swift
* ''
Caltoris canaraica'', Kanara swift
* ''
Caltoris confusa''
* ''
Caltoris cormasa''
(Hewitson, 1876) India to Malaya
* ''
Caltoris kumara'', blank swift
* ''
Caltoris malaya''
(Evans, 1926) Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Java
* ''
Caltoris mehavagga''
(Fruhstorfer, 1911) Celebes, Sula, Buru
* ''
Caltoris nirwana''
(Plötz, 1882) Java to West China
* ''
Caltoris philippina'', Philippine swift
* ''
Caltoris plebeia''
(de Nicéville, 1887) tufted swift. Sikkim to Borneo
* ''
Caltoris septentrionalis''
Koiwaiya, 1996
* ''
Caltoris sirius''
(Evans, 1926) Tibet
* ''
Caltoris tenuis''
(Evans, 1932) Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
* ''
Caltoris tulsi''
(de Nicéville, 884
__NOTOC__
Year 884 ( DCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* March 1 – Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, count of Castile, founds and repopulates (''repoblación'') Burgos a ...
purple swift. India to Malaya, South China, Java
The larvae variously feed on
Poaceae
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 cultivate ...
,
Arecaceae
The Arecaceae () is a family (biology), family of perennial plant, perennial, flowering plants in the Monocotyledon, monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbing palm, climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly k ...
:-''
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 ...
'', ''
Imperata
''Imperata'' is a small but widespread genus of tropical and subtropical grasses, commonly known as satintails.
Satintail grass species are perennial rhizomatous herbs with solid, erect stems and silky inflorescences. The best known species is ...
'', ''
Dendrocalamus'', ''
Sinarundinaria
''Fargesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family. These bamboos are native primarily to China, with a few species in Vietnam and in the eastern Himalayas. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals, with common names including umbr ...
'', ''
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 annua ...
'', ''
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 ...
''.
References
*
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Charles Swinhoe
Taxa described in 1893
{{Hesperiinae-stub