Matapa (butterfly)
Genus of butterflies
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Matapa is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The species of this genus occur in the Indomalayan realm, from India to Sulawesi.[2] They are mainly crepuscular and have red eyes.
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| Matapa aria female (fig. 24 & 25) M. druna (fig. 26) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Megathymini |
| Genus: | Matapa Moore, [1881][1] |
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Species
- Matapa aria (Moore, [1866])
- Matapa celsina (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – Celebes, Banggai Island
- Matapa cresta Evans, 1949 – Sikkim to Burma, China, Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra
- Matapa deprivata de Jong, 1983 – Burma
- Matapa druna (Moore, [1866])
- Matapa intermedia de Jong, 1983 – Sulawesi
- Matapa pseudodruna X.L. Fan, H. Chiba & M. Wang – China
- Matapa purpurascens Elwes & Edwards, 1897 – Khasi Hills (Assam), China
- Matapa sasivarna (Moore, [1866]) – Sikkim to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Malaya, Sumatra
Ecology
The larvae feed on grasses including Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Ochlandra, and Oxytenanthera.[3]
