Baoris is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.It is found in the Indomalayan realm[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Baorini |
| Genus: | Baoris Moore, 1881 [1] |
Species
edit- Baoris farri (Moore, 1878)
- Baoris leechii Elwes & Edwards, 1897 West and Central China
- Baoris longistigmata Huang, 1999
- Baoris oceia (Hewitson, 1868)
- Baoris pagana (de Nicéville, 1887)
- Baoris penicillata Moore, [1881] India, Ceylon, India, Thailand, Laos.
- Baoris chapmani Evans, 1937 Burma, Bangladesh
- Baoris unicolor Moore, [1884]
Biology
editThe larvae feed on Gramineae including Dinochloa, Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Ochlandra, Saccharum , Oryza [3]
References
edit- ^ Moore, [1881] The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ^ 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
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Baoris Moore, 1881 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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