Oriens (butterfly)

Oriens
Oriens goloides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Oriens Evans, 1932
Synonyms
Nicevillea Evans, 1926 (preocc. Nicevillea Hampson, 1895)

O. augustula, Fiji

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.

Species

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

Biology

The larvae feed on grasses including Imperata, Oryza, and Paspalum.[1]

References

1. 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

• Oriens Evans, 1932" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms