Baoris is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.It is found in the Indomalayan realm[Adalbert Seitz, 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9]
Species
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Baoris farri (Moore, 1878)
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Baoris leechii Elwes & Edwards, 1897 West and Central China
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Baoris longistigmata Huang, 1999
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Baoris oceia (Hewitson, 1868)
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Baoris pagana (de Nicéville, 1887)
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Baoris penicillata Moore, 1881 India, Ceylon, India, Thailand, Laos.
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Baoris chapmani Evans, 1937 Burma, Bangladesh
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Baoris unicolor Moore, 1884
Biology
The larvae feed on
Gramineae including
Dinochloa,
Bambusa,
Dendrocalamus,
Ochlandra,
Saccharum ,
Oryza
[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]
