Pirdana
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| Pirdana albicornis Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (figure 14) | |
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| Genus: | Pirdana Distant, 1886
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Pirdana is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
[edit]- Pirdana albicornis Elwes & Edwards, 1897 Borneo
- Pirdana hyela (Hewitson, 1867) Burma, Malaya to Celebes and (P. h. rudolphii Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887] ) Vietnam
- Pirdana distanti Staudinger, 1889 Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo and (P. d. niasica Fruhstorfer, 1916) Nias
- Pirdana fusca de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Samar
- Pirdana ismene (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) Celebes
Biology
[edit]The larvae feed on Dracaenaceae including Dracaena, Agavaceae including Cordyline, Convallariaceae including Peliosanthes[1]
References
[edit]- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- "Pirdana Distant, 1886" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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