Hidari (skipper)

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

Hidari
Hidari irava Moore in Rhopalocera of Java (figure 85 a. male b.larva c.pupa )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Hesperiinae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Hidari Distant, 1886

Species

• Hidari irava (Moore, [1858]) Sumatra to Bali, Malaya, Indochina.
• Hidari doesoena Martin, 1895 Sumatra, Indochina
• Hidari bhawani de Nicéville, [1889] S. Vietnam.

Biology

The larvae of Hidari irava feed on Palmae including Arenga, Caryota , Cocos, Elaeis, Livistona, Metroxylon, Nypa and Gramineae including Bambusa.

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Funet