Polytremis
| Polytremis | |
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| Polytremis pellucida from Japan – mounted specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
[edit]- 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
Host plants
[edit]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
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Wikispecies has information related to Polytremis.
- ^ a b Funet
- ^ 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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