Polytremis

Polytremis is a mainly Chinese genus of grass skipper in the family Hesperiidae.

Polytremis
Polytremis pellucida from Japan – mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Hesperiinae
Tribe:	Baorini
Genus:	Polytremis Mabille, 1904

Species

• Polytremis annama Evans, 1937
• Polytremis caerulescens (Mabille, 1876) China (Tibet)
• Polytremis choui Huang, 1994 China (Fujian)
• Polytremis discreta (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)
• Polytremis eltola (Hewitson, 1869)
• Polytremis flavinerva Chou & Zhou, 1994 China (Guangxi)
• Polytremis gigantea Tsukiyama, Chiba & Fujioka, 1997 China (Sichuan)
• Polytremis gotama Sugiyama, 1999 China (northwest Yunnan)
• Polytremis kiraizana (Sonan, 1938)
• Polytremis lubricans (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Indomalayan realm
• Polytremis matsuii Sugiyama, 1999 China (Dujiangyan)
• Polytremis mencia (Moore, 1877) China (Shanghai)
• Polytremis micropunctata Huang, 2003 China (northwest Yunnan)
• Polytremis minuta (Evans, 1926)
• Polytremis nascens (Leech, 1893) China (Chia-kou-ho; Omei-Shan)
• Polytremis pellucida (Murray, 1875)
• Polytremis suprema Sugiyama, 1999
• Polytremis theca (Evans, 1937) China (Sichuan, Shaanxi,Fujian, Anhui, Yunnan)
• Polytremis zina (Evans, 1932) South China, East China, Ussuri

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Host plants

Species of the genus Polytremis feed on plants of the family Poaceae. Host plants include the genera Microstegium, Imperata, Miscanthus, Saccharum, Oryza, Phragmites and Sasa.[1][2]

References

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2. Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni y L. M. Hernández (2010) HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts.