''Thoressa'' is 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 ...

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 ...

erected by

Charles Swinhoe Colonel Charles Swinhoe (27 August 1838 in CalcuttaAlthough many published sources give 1836, the India Office Records note it as 1838 (), the other year being that of his brother Robert. – 2 December 1923) was an English naturalist and lepido ...

in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

with many species endemic to

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 ...

. Species include: * '' Thoressa aina'' (de Nicéville, 1889) Sikkim * '' Thoressa astigmata'' (C. Swinhoe, 1890) southern spotted ace or unbranded ace * '' Thoressa baileyi'' (South, 1913) China * '' Thoressa blanchardii'' (Mabille, 1876) China * '' Thoressa bivitta'' (Oberthür, 1886) China * '' Thoressa cerata'' (Hewitson, 1876) Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos * '' Thoressa cuneomaculata'' (Murayama, 1995) China * '' Thoressa decorata'' (Moore, 1881) decorated ace

* ''

Thoressa evershedi ''Thoressa evershedi'', the Evershed's ace, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.William Harry Evans, W. H. Evans described it from Palni Hills in 1910 and named it after John Evershed, Evershed as he was the first person to collect ...

'' (Evans, 1910) Evershed's ace * ''

Thoressa fusca ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spec ...

'' (Elwes,

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Northeast India, Myanmar, China, Indochina * ''

Thoressa gupta ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spec ...

'' de Nicéville, 1886 Sikkim, China * '' Thoressa hishikawai'' (Yoshino, 2003) China * '' Thoressa honorei'' (de Nicéville, 1887) Madras ace * '' Thoressa horishama'' (Matsumura, 1910) Formosa * ''

Thoressa horishana ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spec ...

'' (Matsumura) sic Formosa * ''

Thoressa hyrie ''Thoressa hyrie'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1891. It is found in the Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of Sou ...

'' (de Nicéville, 1891) * ''

Thoressa justini ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spec ...

'' Inoue, 1969 Philippines * ''

Thoressa latris ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spec ...

'' (Leech, 1894) China * ''

Thoressa kuata ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spec ...

'' (Evans, 1940) China * ''

Thoressa luanchuanensis ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spec ...

'' (Wang & Niu, 2002) China * ''

Thoressa masoni '' Thoressa masoni'', or Mason's ace is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is found in the Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across ...

'' (Moore,

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* ''

Thoressa monastyrskyi ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spec ...

'' Devyatkin, 1996 Vietnam * ''

Thoressa masuriensis ''Thoressa masuriensis'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1878. It is found in the Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of Sou ...

'' (Moore, 1878) * ''

Thoressa nanshaona ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spec ...

'' Murayama, 1995 China * '' Thoressa panda'' (Evans, 1937) Naga Hills * '' Thoressa pandita'' (de Nicéville, 1885) * '' Thoressa pedla'' (Evans, 1956) China * ''

Thoressa serena ''Thoressa'' is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China. Spec ...

'' (Evans, 1937) China * '' Thoressa similissima'' Devyatkin, 2002 Vietnam * '' Thoressa sitala'' (de Nicéville, 1885) Tamil ace or Sitala ace * '' Thoressa submacula'' (Leech, 1890) China, Vietnam * '' Thoressa thandaunga'' (Evans, 1926) Karen Hills * ''

Thoressa varia ''Thoressa varia'' is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found on the islands of eastern Asia, including the Sakhalin Islands and Kuril Islands, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and north-eastern China. Its Japanese common name ''kochabane-s ...

'' (Murray, 1875) * '' Thoressa viridis'' (Huang, 2003) China * '' Thoressa xiaoqingae'' Huang & Zhan, 2004 China * '' Thoressa zinnia'' (Evans, 1939) China

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 '' Sasa''

References

* Taxonomy, distribution

External links

* Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Charles Swinhoe Taxa described in 1913 {{Hesperiinae-stub