Suastus gremius

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Erionotini
Genus: Suastus
Species: Suastus gremius
Subspecies: S. g. chilon –S. g. gremius –S. g. subgrisea

Name

Suastus gremius Fabricius, 1798.

Type Locality: "India orientali".

Holotype: male, BMNH.

Synonymy

• Hesperia gremius Fabricius, 1798: 433.
• Hesperia disu Kollar, [1844]: 456. Himalayas.
• Hesperilla gremius (Fabricius); Butler, [1870]: 271, Pl.III fig.7.
• Hesperia divodasa Moore, [1857]: 255; 1865: 791.
• Suastus gremius (Fabricius); Moore, [1882]: 168; Seitz, 1927: 1062, Pl.163e.
• Suastus robsonii de Niceville, 1895: 372, pl.Q fig.50. Mussoorie. Synonymy in Evans, 1949: 297.
• Suastus gremius centripuncta (aberration) Seitz, 1927: 1062.
• Suastus gremius gremius (Fabricius); Evans, 1949: 296; Bridges, 1994: IX.65.
• Hesperia yva Plótz, 1886:: 94. Synonymy in Mielke & casagrande, 2002.
• Mucia yva (Plótz); Evans, 1955: 284. Synonymy in Mielke & casagrande, 2002.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Butler, A. G., [1870]. Catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the collection of the British Museum. (1869). v + 303 pp., 3 pls. London. BHL, plates. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1949. A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). xix+502pp., 53 pls. BMNH, London. Reference page. 
• Kollar, V., 1844–1848. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freihern Carl v. Hügel aur seiner Reise durch Kaschmir. (Lepidoptera). In Hügel, C., Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek Stuttgart, Halbergerische verlagshandlung 4(2): 397–398, 403–496, 22 pls.. Reference page. 
• Mielke, O.H.H. & Casagrande, M.M. 2002. Taxonomic notes on neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), with descriptions of new taxa. Revista brasileira de zoologia 19 (suppl. 1): 27–76. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., [1858]. in Moore, F. & Horsfield, T. Catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company 1. London. i-v, 1-14, 17-278, i-iv, 1-12, plates 1a-6a. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1865. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 33(1): 755–823, Pls. XLI–XLIII. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1881-83. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Vols. 1, 190pp, pls 1–71. 2, 162pp, pls 72–143. L. Reeve & Co., London. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L. 1895. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 9(3): 259–321; (4): 366–410, Pls. N–Q. Reference page. 
• Plötz, C. 1884. Die Gattung Tagiades Hüb. und ihre Arten. Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 37: 39–55. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766; 767–1201, pls 1–175. Reference page. 

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Vernacular names

বাংলা: খয়েরা
English: Indian Palm Bob
हिन्दी: ताड पपगा