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Genus of butterflies
Pirdana
Pirdana albicornis Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (figure 14)
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Pirdana
Pirdana is a genus of
grass skippers in the family
Hesperiidae .
Species
Pirdana albicornis Elwes & Edwards, 1897 Borneo
Pirdana hyela (Hewitson, 1867) Burma, Malaya to Celebes and (P. h. rudolphii Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887] ) Vietnam
Pirdana distanti Staudinger, 1889 Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo and (P. d. niasica Fruhstorfer, 1916 ) Nias
Pirdana fusca de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 Samar
Pirdana ismene (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) Celebes
Biology
The larvae feed on
Dracaenaceae including
Dracaena ,
Agavaceae including
Cordyline ,
Convallariaceae including
Peliosanthes
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References
^ 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.
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