Zela (skipper) explained

Zela is an Indomalayan genus of grass skippers.

Species

• Zela cowani Evans, [1939] Peninsula Malaya
• Zela elioti Evans, [1939] Thailand, Langkawi, Malaysia, Tioman
• Zela excellens (Staudinger, 1889) Thailand, Langkawi, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Siberut, Palawan
• Zela onara (Butler, 1870) Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java
• Zela smaragdinus (H. H. Druce, 1912) Thailand, Langkawi, Malaysia, Borneo
• Zela zenon (de Nicéville, 1895) Borneo
• Zela zero Evans, 1932
• Zela zeta Devyatkin, 2007
• Zela zeus de Nicéville, 1895 Assam to Malaya, Burma, Philippines, Thailand, Langkawi

Biology

The larvae feed on Palmae including Calamus^[1]

References

• , 2007: Hesperiidae of Vietnam, 16. A new species and a new record of the Hesperiidae from Central Vietnam, with a revisional note on the genus Hidari Distant, 1886 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Atalanta 38 (3-4): 347-349.
  • Zela 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