Pirdana
Genus of butterflies
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Pirdana is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
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| Pirdana | |
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| Pirdana albicornis Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (figure 14) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Erionotini |
| Genus: | Pirdana Distant, 1886 |
Species
- 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
The larvae feed on Dracaena, Cordyline, Peliosanthes and related genera.[1]
Gallery
Pirdana fusca
Pirdana ismene
