Halpe

{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}}

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| image =HalpeHomolea 817 3 Fitch.png

| image_caption = Halpe homolea

| taxon = Halpe

| authority = Moore, 1878

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Halpe is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

Species

Biology

Halpe larvae feed on Gramineae including Dinochloa, Ochlandra talbotii and Bambusa Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/ nhm hosts]

References

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  • [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=hesperiidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]