Telicota is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is a tropical Asian genus, shared between the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm, and ranging from Sri Lanka to Australia and New Guinea. Larval foodplants include Palmae and Gramineae - Miscanthus sinensis, Pennisetum purpureum, Oryza sativa (rice), Saccharum officinarum (sugar cane), Imperata cylindrica (lalang grass), Cocos nucifera (coconut) and Calamus (rattan). The species, all look very similar to each other and are often only reliably identifiable through the examination of the male genitalia.
Species
- Telicota ancilla <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)</small>
- Telicota angiana <small>Evans, 1934</small> New Guinea, Arfak Mts., 6,000 ft.
- Telicota anisodesma <small>Lower, 1911</small>
- Telicota aroa <small>Evans, 1934</small> New Guinea, Aroa River, 5000 ft.
- Telicota augias <small>(Linnaeus, 1763)</small>
- Telicota bambusae <small>(Moore, 1878)</small>
- Telicota besta <small>Evans, 1949</small> Hainan
- Telicota brachydesma <small>Lower, 1908</small>
- Telicota brandti <small>Parsons, 1986</small> New Guinea, Sepik District, Maprik, 600 ft.
- Telicota bulwa <small>Parsons, 1986</small> New Guinea, Morobe Province
- Telicota colon <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- Telicota doba <small>Evans, 1949</small> Aru
- Telicota eurotas <small>(C. Felder, 1860)</small>
- Telicota eurychlora <small>Lower, 1908</small>
- Telicota gervasa <small>Evans, 1949</small> Duke of York Island
- Telicota hilda <small>Eliot, 1959</small> Malaya, Pahang
- Telicota kaimana <small>Evans, 1934</small> New Guinea
- Telicota kezia <small>Evans, 1949</small> New Guinea
- Telicota laruta <small>Evans, 1934</small> Larut, Papua
- Telicota linna <small>Evans, 1949</small> Sikkim
- Telicota melanion <small>(Mabille, 1878)</small> "Oceania".
- Telicota mesoptis <small>Lower, 1911</small>
- Telicota mimena <small>Parsons, 1986</small> New Guinea, Morobe District
- Telicota ohara <small>(Plötz, 1883)</small>
- Telicota paceka <small>Fruhstorfer, 1911</small> Dutch New Guinea
- Telicota sadra <small>Evans, 1949</small> New Guinea
- Telicota sadrella <small>Parsons, 1986</small> New Guinea, Sepik Province
- Telicota subha <small>Fruhstorfer, 1911</small> Fergusson Island
- Telicota ternatensis <small>Swinhoe, 1907</small> Indonesia, Maluku, Ternate
- Telicota torsa <small>Evans, 1934</small> West Papua, "Buru"
- Telicota vinta <small>Evans, 1949</small> West Papua, Kapaur
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