Salanoemia Explained

Salanoemia is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Salanoemia sala (Hewitson, 1866) - maculate lancer
• Salanoemia noemi (de Nicéville, 1885) India (Sikkim, Assam)
• Salanoemia tavoyana (Evans, 1926) Burma, Thailand, North Malaysia, Borneo
• Salanoemia fuscicornis (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) Burma, Thailand, Laos, North Malaysia (Langkawi), Borneo
• Salanoemia shigerui Maruyama, 2000 Sumatra

Biology

The larvae feed on Palmae including Calamus subtenuis^[1]

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Salanoemia" Eliot in Corbet & Pendlebury, 1978 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Notes and References

1. 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