Telicota

Telicota is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is a tropical Asian genus, shared between the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm, and ranging from Sri Lanka to Australia and New Guinea. Larval foodplants include Palmae and Gramineae - Miscanthus sinensis, Pennisetum purpureum, Oryza sativa (rice), Saccharum officinarum (sugar cane), Imperata cylindrica (lalang grass), Cocos nucifera (coconut) and Calamus (rattan).

Species

 * Telicota ancilla (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
 * Telicota angiana Evans, 1934
 * Telicota anisodesma Lower, 1911
 * Telicota aroa Evans, 1934
 * Telicota augias (Linnaeus, 1763)
 * Telicota bambusae (Moore, 1878)
 * Telicota besta Evans, 1949
 * Telicota brachydesma Lower, 1908
 * Telicota brandti Parsons, 1986
 * Telicota bulwa Parsons, 1986
 * Telicota colon (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Telicota doba Evans, 1949
 * Telicota eurotas (C. Felder, 1860)
 * Telicota eurychlora Lower, 1908
 * Telicota gervasa Evans, 1949
 * Telicota hilda Eliot, 1959
 * Telicota kaimana Evans, 1934
 * Telicota kezia Evans, 1949
 * Telicota laruta Evans, 1934
 * Telicota linna Evans, 1949
 * Telicota melanion (Mabille, 1878)
 * Telicota mesoptis Lower, 1911
 * Telicota mimena Parsons, 1986
 * Telicota ohara (Plötz, 1883)
 * Telicota paceka Fruhstorfer, 1911
 * Telicota sadra Evans, 1949
 * Telicota sadrella Parsons, 1986
 * Telicota subha Fruhstorfer, 1911
 * Telicota ternatensis Swinhoe, 1907
 * Telicota torsa Evans, 1934
 * Telicota vinta Evans, 1949