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, [1866]) Matapa celsina (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) – 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, [1866]) 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, [1866]) – Sikkim to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Malaya, Sumatra
Ecology
The larvae feed on grasses including Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Ochlandra, and Oxytenanthera.
References
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: