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Caltoris

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.

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 confusaCaltoris 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. ==References==
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