Baoris

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Baoris

Baoris farri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Hesperiidae
Tribe:  | Baorini
Genus:  | Baoris
Moore, 1881 [1]

Baoris is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.It is found in the Indomalayan realm[2]

## Species

* Baoris farri (Moore, 1878)
* Baoris leechii Elwes & Edwards, 1897 West and Central China
* Baoris longistigmata Huang, 1999
* Baoris oceia (Hewitson, 1868)
* Baoris pagana (de Nicéville, 1887)
* Baoris penicillata Moore, [1881] India, Ceylon, India, Thailand, Laos.
* Baoris chapmani Evans, 1937 Burma, Bangladesh
* Baoris unicolor Moore, [1884]

## Biology

The larvae feed on Gramineae including Dinochloa, Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Ochlandra, Saccharum , Oryza [3]

## References

1. ↑ Moore, [1881] The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
3. ↑ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. nhm hosts

* Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
* Baoris Moore, 1881 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q1759182 entry

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