Plastingia

Plastingia is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Plastingia
Plastingia tessellata (figure 73) and Plastingia naga (figure 73 bis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Hesperiinae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Plastingia Butler, 1870

Species

• Plastingia naga (de Niceville, 1884) - chequered or silver-spot lancer
• Plastingia pellonia Fruhstorfer, 1909 Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka, Java, Bali, Palawan
• Plastingia flavescens (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) Celebes
• Plastingia viburnia Semper, 1892 Philippines
• Plastingia mangola Evans, 1949 Celebes
• Plastingia tessellata (Hewitson, [1866]) Celebes
• Plastingia titei Cantlie & Norman, 1960 Assam

Biology

The larvae feed on Palmae including Caryota ^[1]