Oriens, the dartlets, is a genus of grass skippers, butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae (Hesperiidae). The genus was described by William Harry Evans in 1932.
Species
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Oriens alfurus (Plötz, 1885) – Celebes
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Oriens californica (Scudder, 1872) – Philippines
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Oriens fons Evans, 1949
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Oriens paragola (de Nicéville & Martin, [1896]) – Sumatra
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Oriens augustula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Fiji
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Oriens goloides (Moore, [1881]) – Ceylon, India, Nepal, South China to Malay Peninsula.
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Oriens gola (Moore, 1877) – Ceylon, South India, Kumaon, Sikkim to Assam, Burma, Vietnam
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Oriens concinna (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – India (Shevaroys, Nilgiris, Palnis, Coorg)
Biology
The larvae feed on grasses including Imperata, Oryza, and Paspalum.[1]
References
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^ 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
