Tagiades
Tagiades, commonly known as snow flats, is a genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies. It is the type genus of the tribe Tagiadini of the subfamily Pyrginae in the family Hesperiidae. It contains seventeen species; three are found in tropical Africa, while fourteen are found from India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, northeast Australia, to the Pacific Islands. They are primarily diurnal butterflies, and can usually be found in secondary forests at up to above sea level. They can sometimes be encountered in partially cleared or cultivated areas. They are fast flyers, flying at an average height of. They usually rest on the undersides of leaves. When disturbed they will fly away but will usually return to the preferred area, often to the same leaf.
Species
Tagiades atticus Tagiades calligana Butler, – Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Singapore, Borneo, Java, Nias, Belitung, and Bangka IslandTagiades ceylonica Evans, 1932Tagiades cohaerens Mabille, 1914 – Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, the northwestern Himalayas, and possibly ChinaTagiades elegans Mabille, 1877Tagiades flesus – Transkei to Zimbabwe and Botswana in AfricaTagiades gana – widespread in India, Indochina, and maritime Southeast AsiaTagiades hovia Swinhoe, 1904Tagiades hybridus Devyatkin, 2001 – central VietnamTagiades inconspicua Rothschild, 1915Tagiades insularis Mabille, 1876 – MadagascarTagiades janetta Butler, 1870Tagiades japetus – widespread in India, Indochina, maritime Southeast Asia, and north-eastern AustraliaTagiades kina Evans, 1934Tagiades korela Mabille, 1891Tagiades lavata Butler, – southern Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and the Natuna IslandsTagiades litigiosa Möschler, 1878 – Sri Lanka, southern India, Assam, the Himalayas, and IndochinaTagiades martinus Plötz, 1884Tagiades menaka – Himalayas, Indochina, and HainanTagiades neira Plötz, 1885Tagiades nestus – Papua New Guinea, the Duke of York Island, and northern AustraliaTagiades obscurus Mabille, 1876Tagiades parra Fruhstorfer, 1910 – Indochina and maritime Southeast AsiaTagiades presbyter Butler, 1882Tagiades ravi Tagiades sambavana Elwes and Edwards, 1897Tagiades samborana Grose-Smith, 1891 – MadagascarTagiades sem Mabille, 1883Tagiades sheba Evans, 1934Tagiades silvia Evans, 1934Tagiades titus Plötz, 1884Tagiades tethys – eastern Asia including Japan, Taiwan and KoreaTagiades toba de Nicéville, – Assam to maritime Southeast AsiaTagiades trebellius – Japan, the Philippines, and Sulawesi and the surrounding islandsTagiades tubulus Fruhstorfer, 1910Tagiades ultra Evans, 1932 – Indochina, maritime Southeast Asia, to Palawan in the PhilippinesTagiades waterstradti Elwes & Edwards, 1897 – maritime Southeast Asia