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Thoressa
	Thoressa varia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Astictopterini
Genus:	Thoressa; C. Swinhoe, 1913

Thoressa is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They (like some other skippers) are commonly known as "aces" or "ace butterflies". The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia with many species endemic to China.

Species include:

Thoressa aina (de Nicéville, 1889) Sikkim
Thoressa astigmata (C. Swinhoe, 1890) southern spotted ace or unbranded ace
Thoressa baileyi (South, 1913) China
Thoressa blanchardii (Mabille, 1876) China
Thoressa bivitta (Oberthür, 1886) China
Thoressa cerata (Hewitson, 1876) Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
Thoressa cuneomaculata (Murayama, 1995) China
Thoressa decorata (Moore, 1881) decorated ace
Thoressa decorata
Thoressa evershedi (Evans, 1910) Evershed's ace
Thoressa fusca (Elwes, [1893]) Northeast India, Myanmar, China, Indochina
Thoressa gupta de Nicéville, 1886 Sikkim, China
Thoressa hishikawai (Yoshino, 2003) China
Thoressa honorei (de Nicéville, 1887) Madras ace
Thoressa horishama (Matsumura, 1910) Formosa
Thoressa horishana (Matsumura) sic Formosa
Thoressa hyrie (de Nicéville, 1891)
Thoressa justini Inoue, 1969 Philippines
Thoressa latris (Leech, 1894) China
Thoressa kuata (Evans, 1940) China
Thoressa luanchuanensis (Wang & Niu, 2002) China
Thoressa masoni (Moore, [1879])
Thoressa monastyrskyi Devyatkin, 1996 Vietnam
Thoressa masuriensis (Moore, 1878)
Thoressa nanshaona Murayama, 1995 China
Thoressa panda (Evans, 1937) Naga Hills
Thoressa pandita (de Nicéville, 1885)
Thoressa pedla (Evans, 1956) China
Thoressa serena (Evans, 1937) China
Thoressa similissima Devyatkin, 2002 Vietnam
Thoressa sitala (de Nicéville, 1885) Tamil ace or Sitala ace
Thoressa submacula (Leech, 1890) China, Vietnam
Thoressa thandaunga (Evans, 1926) Karen Hills
Thoressa varia (Murray, 1875)
Thoressa viridis (Huang, 2003) China
Thoressa xiaoqingae Huang & Zhan, 2004 China
Thoressa zinnia (Evans, 1939) China

Biology

The larvae feed on Gramineae including Sasa^[1]

References

^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/havt50xw.

Savela, Markku (February 11, 2019). "Thoressa Swinhoe, [1913]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 10, 2020. Taxonomy, distribution

External links

"Taxonomy Browser: Thoressa". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved April 10, 2020.

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[1] Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/havt50xw.

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