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Oriens (butterfly)
Oriens
, the
dartlets
, is
a genus
of
grass skipper
butterflies
in the
family
Hesperiidae
. It was described by
William Harry Evans
in
1932
.
Species
Oriens alfurus
Celebes
Oriens californica
Philippines
Oriens fons
Evans
,
1949
Oriens paragola
Sumatra
Oriens augustula
Fiji
Oriens goloides
Ceylon
,
India
,
Nepal
,
South China
to
Malay Peninsula
.
Oriens
gola
Ceylon,
South India
,
Kumaon
, Sikkim to Assam,
Burma
, Vietnam
Oriens concinna
India
Biology
The larvae
feed
on
Gramineae
including
Imperata
,
Oryza
,
Paspalum
.