Suastus
Genus of butterflies
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Suastus, whose members are called palm bobs, is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
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| Suastus | |
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| Indian palm bob (Suastus gremius) on Chromolaena odorata in Hyderabad, India. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Erionotini |
| Genus: | Suastus Moore, [1881][1] |
Species
- Suastus gremius (Fabricius, 1798) South India, Northwest Himalayas to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, Hong Kong, Formosa, Langkawi, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Sumba,[2] Indian palm bob
- Suastus minuta (Moore, 1877) South India, Sikkim to Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Vietnam and Malaya,[2] Small palm bob
- Suastus everyx (Mabille, 1883) Burma, Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, White palm bob
- Suastus migreus (Semper, 1892) Philippines
