Telicota
Introduction '''''Telicota''''' is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is a tropical Asian genus, shared between the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm, and ranging from Sri Lanka to Australia and New Guinea. Larval foodplants include Palmae and Gramineae - ''Miscanthus sinensis'', ''Pennisetum purpureum'', ''Oryza sativa'' (rice), ''Saccharum officinarum'' (sugar cane), ''Imperata cylindrica'' (lalang grass), ''Cocos nucifera'' (coconut) and ''Calamus'' (rattan).
Species *''Telicota ancilla'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)*''Telicota angiana'' Evans, 1934*''Telicota anisodesma'' Lower, 1911*''Telicota aroa'' Evans, 1934*''Telicota augias'' (Linnaeus, 1763)*''Telicota bambusae'' (Moore, 1878)*''Telicota besta'' Evans, 1949*''Telicota brachydesma'' Lower, 1908*''Telicota brandti'' Parsons, 1986*''Telicota bulwa'' Parsons, 1986*''Telicota colon'' (Fabricius, 1775)*''Telicota doba'' Evans, 1949*''Telicota eurotas'' (C. Felder, 1860)*''Telicota eurychlora'' Lower, 1908*''Telicota gervasa'' Evans, 1949*''Telicota hilda'' Eliot, 1959*''Telicota kaimana'' Evans, 1934*''Telicota kezia'' Evans, 1949*''Telicota laruta'' Evans, 1934*''Telicota linna'' Evans, 1949*''Telicota melanion'' (Mabille, 1878)*''Telicota mesoptis'' Lower, 1911*''Telicota mimena'' Parsons, 1986*''Telicota ohara'' (Plötz, 1883)*''Telicota paceka'' Fruhstorfer, 1911*''Telicota sadra'' Evans, 1949*''Telicota sadrella'' Parsons, 1986*''Telicota subha'' Fruhstorfer, 1911*''Telicota ternatensis'' Swinhoe, 1907*''Telicota torsa'' Evans, 1934*''Telicota vinta'' Evans, 1949
External links * Telicota at funet* Images representing ''Telicota'' at Bold
References * Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database