Tagiades, commonly known as snow flats, is a genus of spread-wingedskipper butterflies. It is the type genus of the tribeTagiadini of the subfamilyPyrginae in the familyHesperiidae. It contains seventeen species; three of which are found in tropical Africa, while fourteen are found from India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, northeast Australia, to the Pacific Islands. They are primarily diurnal butterflies, and can usually be found in secondary forests at up to 1,300 m (4,300 ft) above sea level. They can sometimes be encountered in partially cleared or cultivated areas. They are fast flyers, flying at an average height of 2 to 6 m (6.6 to 19.7 ft). They usually rest on the undersides of leaves. When disturbed they will fly away but will usually return to the preferred area, often to the same leaf.[2]
Tagiades japetus (Stoll, [1781]) (pied flat or common snow flat) - widespread in India, Indochina, maritime Southeast Asia, and north-eastern Australia
tagiades, commonly, known, snow, flats, genus, spread, winged, skipper, butterflies, type, genus, tribe, tagiadini, subfamily, pyrginae, family, hesperiidae, contains, seventeen, species, three, which, found, tropical, africa, while, fourteen, found, from, ind. Tagiades commonly known as snow flats is a genus of spread winged skipper butterflies It is the type genus of the tribe Tagiadini of the subfamily Pyrginae in the family Hesperiidae It contains seventeen species three of which are found in tropical Africa while fourteen are found from India Sri Lanka Southeast Asia northeast Australia to the Pacific Islands They are primarily diurnal butterflies and can usually be found in secondary forests at up to 1 300 m 4 300 ft above sea level They can sometimes be encountered in partially cleared or cultivated areas They are fast flyers flying at an average height of 2 to 6 m 6 6 to 19 7 ft They usually rest on the undersides of leaves When disturbed they will fly away but will usually return to the preferred area often to the same leaf 2 Snow flatsTagiades ganaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily HesperiidaeTribe TagiadiniGenus TagiadesHubner 1819 1 SpeciesSeveral see text Tagiades litigiosa resting on the underside of a leaf Contents 1 Species 2 Gallery 3 References 4 External linksSpecies editTagiades atticus Fabricius 1793 Tagiades calligana Butler 1879 Thailand Malaysia Sumatra Singapore Borneo Java Nias Belitung and Bangka Island Tagiades ceylonica Evans 1932 Tagiades cohaerens Mabille 1914 Malaysia Burma Thailand the northwestern Himalayas and possibly China Tagiades elegans Mabille 1877 Tagiades flesus Fabricius 1781 clouded forester Transkei to Zimbabwe and Botswana in Africa Tagiades gana Moore 1866 large snow flat widespread in India Indochina and maritime Southeast Asia Tagiades hovia Swinhoe 1904 Tagiades hybridus Devyatkin 2001 central Vietnam Tagiades inconspicua Rothschild 1915 Tagiades insularis Mabille 1876 Madagascar Tagiades janetta Butler 1870 Tagiades japetus Stoll 1781 pied flat or common snow flat widespread in India Indochina maritime Southeast Asia and north eastern Australia Tagiades kina Evans 1934 Tagiades korela Mabille 1891 Tagiades lavata Butler 1879 southern Burma Thailand Malaysia Borneo Sumatra Java and the Natuna Islands Tagiades litigiosa Moschler 1878 water snow flat Sri Lanka southern India Assam the Himalayas and Indochina Tagiades martinus Plotz 1884 Tagiades menaka Moore 1866 dark edged snow flat or spotted snow flat Himalayas from Kashmir to Assam Indochina and Hainan Tagiades neira Plotz 1885 Tagiades nestus C Felder 1860 Papuan snow flat Papua New Guinea the Duke of York Island and northern Australia Tagiades obscurus Mabille 1876 Tagiades parra Fruhstorfer 1910 Indochina and maritime Southeast Asia Tagiades presbyter Butler 1882 Tagiades ravi Moore 1866 Tagiades sambavana Elwes and Edwards 1897 Tagiades samborana Grose Smith 1891 Madagascar Tagiades sem Mabille 1883 Tagiades sheba Evans 1934 Tagiades silvia Evans 1934 Tagiades titus Plotz 1884 Tagiades tethys Menetries 1857 eastern Asia including Japan Taiwan and Korea Tagiades toba de Niceville 1896 Assam to maritime Southeast Asia Tagiades trebellius Hopffer 1874 Japan the Philippines and Sulawesi and the surrounding islands Tagiades tubulus Fruhstorfer 1910 Tagiades ultra Evans 1932 Indochina maritime Southeast Asia to Palawan in the Philippines Tagiades waterstradti Elwes amp Edwards 1897 maritime Southeast AsiaGallery edit nbsp Tagiades litigiosa from India nbsp Tagiades japetus ravi from India nbsp Tagiades japetus titus from the Philippines nbsp Tagiades flesus from South AfricaReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tagiades nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Tagiades Tagiades funet fi Rienk de Jong amp Colin Guy Treadaway 1993 The Hesperiidae Lepidoptera of the Philippines Zoologische Verhandelingen 288 3 125 External links editTagiades at funet nbsp This Pyrginae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tagiades amp oldid 1134871636, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
