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Matapa
Matapa aria female (fig. 24 & 25) M. druna (fig. 26)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Matapa Moore,
Species
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Matapa is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The species of this genus occur in the Indomalayan realm, from India to Sulawesi. They are mainly crepuscular and have red eyes.

Species

• Matapa aria (Moore, )
• Matapa celsina (C. & R. Felder, ) – Celebes, Banggai Island
• Matapa cresta Evans, 1949 – Sikkim to Burma, China, Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra
• Matapa deprivata de Jong, 1983 – Burma
• Matapa druna (Moore, )
• Matapa intermedia de Jong, 1983 – Sulawesi
• Matapa pseudodruna X.L. Fan, H. Chiba & M. Wang – China
• Matapa purpurascens Elwes & Edwards, 1897 – Khasi Hills (Assam), China
• Matapa sasivarna (Moore, ) – Sikkim to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Malaya, Sumatra

Ecology

The larvae feed on grasses including Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Ochlandra, and Oxytenanthera.

References

1. Matapa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
3. 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

• Jong de, R. 1983: Revision of the Oriental genus Matapa Moore (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) with discussion of its phylogeny and geographic History. Zoologische Mededelingen 57 (21): 243–270. Full article:

External links

• Images representing Matapa at Barcode of Life Data System

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• Erionotini
• Hesperiidae genera
• Taxa named by Frederic Moore
• Taxa described in 1881
• Erionotini stubs