Suastus Explained

Suastus, whose members are called palm bobs, is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Suastus gremius (Fabricius, 1798) South India, Northwest Himalayas to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, Hong Kong, Formosa, Langkawi, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Sumba,^[1] Indian palm bob
• Suastus minuta (Moore, 1877) South India, Sikkim to Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Vietnam and Malaya, Small palm bob
• Suastus everyx (Mabille, 1883) Burma, Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, White palm bob
• Suastus migreus (Semper, 1892) Philippines

Biology

The larvae feed on Palmae including Arenga, Borassus, Caryota, Chamaerops, Cocos, Licuala, Phoenix, Rhapis, Trachycarpus, Calamus ^[2]

References

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Watson, E. Y.. Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. 1891 . Vest. Madras.
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