''Gerosis'' is an

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genus of

spread-winged skipper Pyrginae, commonly known as spread-winged skippers, are a subfamily of the skipper butterfly family (Hesperiidae). The subfamily was established by Hermann Burmeister in 1878. Their delimitation and internal systematics has changed considerably ...

s 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 ...

.There are six species found from China and Northeast India to Java and the Sula Archipelago east of Sulawesi.They are lowland (less than 650 metres) forest (primary or advanced secondary) butterflies. They seek sunny areas between 1 and 4 metres above ground, but females can be encountered in the shade.

Species

*'' Gerosis bhagava'' (Moore,

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*'' Gerosis limax'' (Plötz, 1884) Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra *'' Gerosis phisara'' (Moore, 1884) *'' Gerosis sinica'' (C. & R. Felder, 1862) North East India Burma, Laos, Thailand, South and Central China, Yunnan *'' Gerosis yuani'' Huang, 2003 Yunnan *'' Gerosis tristis'' (Eliot, 1959) Malaya, Vietnam *'' Gerosis corona'' (Semper, 1892) Philippines *'' Gerosis celebica'' (C. & R. Felder,

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Celebes

Biology

The larvae feed on

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Abrus ''Abrus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, and the only genus in the tribe Abreae. It contains 13–18 species, but is best known for a single species: jequirity ('' A. precatorius''). The highly toxic seeds of tha ...

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Amphicarpaea ''Amphicarpaea'', commonly known as hogpeanut, is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes three species native to eastern North America and southern, southeastern, and eastern Asia. It belongs to the subfamily Fabo ...

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Dalbergia ''Dalbergia'' is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade (or tribe): the Dalbergieae. The ...

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References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database ''Gerosis'' Mabille, 1903
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Tagiadini Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Paul Mabille {{Hesperiidae-stub