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Sovia

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Sovia
Sovia hyrtacus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Aeromachini
Genus: Sovia
Evans, 1949

Sovia is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The species are found in the Indomalayan realm[1] The genus was erected by William Harry Evans in 1949 [2]

Species

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  • Sovia fangi Huang & Wu, 2003 – China (Yunnan) [3]
  • Sovia grahami (Evans, 1926)
    • Sovia grahami grahami Tibet, India (Assam)
    • Sovia grahami miliaohuae Huang, 2003 – China (Northwest Yunnan)
  • Sovia lii Xue, 2013 - China (Shaanxi)
  • Sovia liuzihaoi Huang, Wang & Fan, 2020 - China (Yunnan)
  • Sovia lucasii (Mabille, 1876) – India (Sikkim), China
    • Sovia lucasii magna Evans, 1932
  • Sovia malta Evans, 1949 - India (Manipur)
  • Sovia separata (Moore, 1882) – India (Sikkim), Tibet
  • Sovia subflava (Leech, 1894) – China (West Sichuan, Northwest Yunnan)
  • Sovia wenhaoi Huang, 2019 – China (Xizang)

Transferred species:

Biology

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The larvae feed on Gramineae and Hibisceae including Kydia calycina [4]

References

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  1. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
  2. ^ Evans, 1949 A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus. : 1-502, pl. 1-53
  3. ^ Huang, Hao (July 2016). "New or little known butterflies from China - 2 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae et Hesperiidae)" (PDF). Atalanta. 47 (1–2). Deutschen Forschungszentrale für Schmetterlingswanderungen: 164. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. ^ 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
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  • Sovia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'