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Oriens (butterfly)

Oriens, the dartlets, is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae (Hesperiidae). The genus was described by William Harry Evans in 1932. The six species, all of which look very similar to each other and are often only reliably identifiable through the examination of the male genitalia.

Species

  • Oriens alfurus <small>(Plötz, 1885)</small> – Celebes
  • Oriens californica <small>(Scudder, 1872)</small> – Philippines
  • Oriens fons <small>Evans, 1949</small> Philippines
  • Oriens paragola <small>(de Nicéville & Martin, [1896])</small> – Sumatra
  • Oriens augustula <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)</small> – Fiji
  • Oriens goloides <small>(Moore, [1881])</small> – Ceylon, India, Nepal, South China to Malay Peninsula.
  • Oriens gola <small>(Moore, 1877)</small> – Ceylon, South India, Kumaon, Sikkim to Assam, Burma, Vietnam
  • Oriens concinna <small>(Elwes & Edwards, 1897)</small> – India (Shevaroys, Nilgiris, Palnis, Coorg)

Biology

The larvae feed on grasses including Imperata, Oryza, and Paspalum.

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