Suada (butterfly) explained

Suada is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Suada swerga (de Nicéville, [1884]) Ceylon, Malaya, Java, Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Malaya
• Suada albolineata Devyatkin, 2000 Vietnam
• Suada albinus (Semper, 1892) Philippines
• Suada cataleucos (Staudinger, 1889) Philippines, Palawan

Biology

The larvae feed on Gramineae including Dendrocalamus. ^[1]

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Suada de Nicéville, 1895 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