''Onryza'' 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 ...

found in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

and

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...

.The genus was formed by

Edward Yerbury Watson Edward Yerbury Watson (27 July 1864 – 8 November 1897) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera most notably Hesperiidae. Yerbury Watson was born in British India to Joanna and George Edward Watson. He joined the North Lanca ...

in 1893. The contained species are *'' Onryza maga'' (Leech, 1890) China *'' Onryza meiktila'' (de Nicéville, 1891) *'' Onryza perbella'' Hering, 1918 ('' Parasovia perbella'') China *'' Onryza siamica'' Riley & Godfrey, 1925 North Burma, North Thailand, Laos

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Astictopterini Hesperiidae genera Taxa described in 1893 Taxa named by Edward Yerbury Watson {{Hesperiinae-stub