Polytremis
Polytremis pellucida from Japan – mounted specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Baorini
Genus: Polytremis
Mabille, 1904

Polytremis is a mainly Chinese genus of grass skipper in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

  • Polytremis annama Evans, 1937
  • Polytremis caerulescens (Mabille, 1876) China (Tibet)
  • Polytremis choui Huang, 1994 China (Fujian)
  • Polytremis discreta (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)
  • Polytremis eltola (Hewitson, 1869)
  • Polytremis flavinerva Chou & Zhou, 1994 China (Guangxi)
  • Polytremis gigantea Tsukiyama, Chiba & Fujioka, 1997 China (Sichuan)
  • Polytremis gotama Sugiyama, 1999 China (northwest Yunnan)
  • Polytremis kiraizana (Sonan, 1938)
  • Polytremis lubricans (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Indomalayan realm
  • Polytremis matsuii Sugiyama, 1999 China (Dujiangyan)
  • Polytremis mencia (Moore, 1877) China (Shanghai)
  • Polytremis micropunctata Huang, 2003 China (northwest Yunnan)
  • Polytremis minuta (Evans, 1926)
  • Polytremis nascens (Leech, 1893) China (Chia-kou-ho; Omei-Shan)
  • Polytremis pellucida (Murray, 1875)
  • Polytremis suprema Sugiyama, 1999
  • Polytremis theca (Evans, 1937) China (Sichuan, Shaanxi, Fujian, Anhui, Yunnan)
  • Polytremis zina (Evans, 1932) South China, East China, Ussuri

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Host plants

Species of the genus Polytremis feed on plants of the family Poaceae. Host plants include the genera Microstegium, Imperata, Miscanthus, Saccharum, Oryza, Phragmites and Sasa.[1][2]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Polytremis.
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  2. ↑ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni y L. M. Hernández (2010) HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts.


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