Matapa
Matapa aria female (fig. 24 & 25) M. druna (fig. 26)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Erionotini
Genus:	Matapa Moore, [1881][1]
Species
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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.^[2] They are mainly crepuscular and have red eyes.

• 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

The larvae feed on grasses including Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Dinochloa, Gigantochloa, Ochlandra, and Oxytenanthera.^[3]

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• Jong de, R. 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: [1]

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