Quedara
Genus of butterflies
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Quedara is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus was established by Charles Swinhoe in 1919.[1]
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| Quedara | |
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| Quedara inornata (figure 15) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Erionotini |
| Genus: | Quedara C. Swinhoe, 1919 |
Species
Listed alphabetically:[2]
- Quedara albifascia (Moore, 1878) – Myanmar, Laos
- Quedara basiflava (de Nicéville, [1889]) – endemic to Western Ghats, India
- Quedara flavens Devyatkin, 2000 – northern Vietnam, southern Yunnan
- Quedara inornata (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – Borneo
- Quedara monteithi (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887]) – dubious flitter – Malaya
- Quedara singularis (Mabille, 1893)
Biology
The larvae feed on Palmae including Calamus and Eugeissona,[3]
