Caltoris Explained

Caltoris is a genus of skipper butterflies. Like several related genera, they are called "swifts".It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm.^[1]

Species

• Caltoris aurociliata (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) Sikkim, Assam
• Caltoris beraka (Plötz, 1885) Celebes
• Caltoris boisduvalii (C. Felder & R. Felder, [1867]) Papua
• Caltoris bromus (Leech, 1894) India, China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Borneo, Palawan, Philippines
• Caltoris brunnea (Snellen, 1876) Java, Myanmar
• Caltoris cahira, colon swift,
  • Caltoris cahira austeni, Austen's swift
• Caltoris canaraica, Kanara swift
• Caltoris confusa
• Caltoris cormasa (Hewitson, 1876) India to Malaya
• Caltoris kumara, blank swift
• Caltoris malaya (Evans, 1926) Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Java
• Caltoris mehavagga (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Celebes, Sula, Buru
• Caltoris nirwana (Plötz, 1882) Java to West China
• Caltoris philippina, Philippine swift
• Caltoris plebeia (de Nicéville, 1887) tufted swift. Sikkim to Borneo
• Caltoris septentrionalis Koiwaiya, 1996
• Caltoris sirius (Evans, 1926) Tibet
• Caltoris tenuis (Evans, 1932) Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
• Caltoris tulsi (de Nicéville, [1884]) purple swift. India to Malaya, South China, Java

The larvae variously feed on Poaceae, Arecaceae:-Bambusa, Imperata, Dendrocalamus, Sinarundinaria, Oryza, Saccharum.^[2]

References

• Web site: Savela . Markku . November 28, 2015 . Caltoris Swinhoe, 1893 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . April 7, 2020.

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]
2. Robinson . Gaden S. . Ackery . Phillip R. . Kitching . Ian J. . Beccaloni . George W. . Hernández . Luis M. . 2010 . Search the database - introduction and help . HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants . Natural History Museum, London. 10.5519/havt50xw .