Caltoris is a genus of skipper butterflies. Like several related genera, they are called "swifts".It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm.
Species
- Caltoris aurociliata <small>(Elwes & Edwards, 1897)</small> Sikkim, Assam
- Caltoris beraka <small>(Plötz, 1885)</small> Celebes
- Caltoris boisduvalii <small>(C. Felder & R. Felder, [1867])</small> Papua
- Caltoris bromus <small>(Leech, 1894)</small> India, China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Borneo, Palawan, Philippines
- Caltoris brunnea <small>(Snellen, 1876)</small> Java, Myanmar
- Caltoris cahira, colon swift,
- Caltoris cahira austeni, Austen's swift
- Caltoris canaraica, Kanara swift
- Caltoris confusa
- Caltoris cormasa <small>(Hewitson, 1876)</small> India to Malaya
- Caltoris kumara, blank swift
- Caltoris malaya <small>(Evans, 1926)</small> Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Java
- Caltoris mehavagga <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1911)</small> Celebes, Sula, Buru
- Caltoris nirwana <small>(Plötz, 1882)</small> Java to West China
- Caltoris philippina, Philippine swift
- Caltoris plebeia <small>(de Nicéville, 1887)</small> tufted swift. Sikkim to Borneo
- Caltoris septentrionalis <small>Koiwaiya, 1996</small>
- Caltoris sirius <small>(Evans, 1926)</small> Tibet
- Caltoris tenuis <small>(Evans, 1932)</small> Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
- Caltoris tulsi <small>(de Nicéville, [1884])</small> purple swift. India to Malaya, South China, Java
The larvae variously feed on Poaceae, Arecaceae:-Bambusa, Imperata, Dendrocalamus, Sinarundinaria, Oryza, Saccharum.
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