Baoris Explained

Baoris is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.It is found in the Indomalayan realm^[1]

Species

• Baoris farri (Moore, 1878)
• Baoris leechii Elwes & Edwards, 1897 West and Central China
• Baoris longistigmata Huang, 1999
• Baoris oceia (Hewitson, 1868)
• Baoris pagana (de Nicéville, 1887)
• Baoris penicillata Moore, [1881] India, Ceylon, India, Thailand, Laos.
• Baoris chapmani Evans, 1937 Burma, Bangladesh
• Baoris unicolor Moore, [1884]

Biology

The larvae feed on Gramineae including Dinochloa, Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Ochlandra, Saccharum, Oryza ^[2]

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Baoris Moore, 1881 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]
2. 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