Halpe porus

Moore's Ace (Halpe porus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Halpe
Species: H. porus
Binomial name
Halpe porus
(Mabille, 1876)

Halpe porus, commonly known as the Moore's Ace, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

The larvae feed on Bambusa striata and Ochlandra scriptoria.[1]

References

  1. Kalesh, S & S K Prakash (2007). "Additions of the larval host plants of butterflies of the Western Ghats, Kerala, Southern India (Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera): Part 1". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 104 (2): 235–238.
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