Caltoris
# Caltoris

Caltoris is a genus of skipper butterflies. Like several related genera, they are called "swifts".It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm.

## Species

* Caltoris aurociliata (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) Sikkim, Assam
* Caltoris beraka (Plötz, 1885) Celebes
* Caltoris boisduvalii (C. Felder & R. Felder, [1867]) Papua
* Caltoris bromus (Leech, 1894) India, China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Borneo, Palawan, Philippines
* Caltoris brunnea (Snellen, 1876) Java, Myanmar
* Caltoris cahira, colon swift,
   * Caltoris cahira austeni, Austen's swift
* Caltoris canaraica, Kanara swift
* Caltoris confusa
* Caltoris cormasa (Hewitson, 1876) India to Malaya
* Caltoris kumara, blank swift
* Caltoris malaya (Evans, 1926) Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Java
* Caltoris mehavagga (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Celebes, Sula, Buru
* Caltoris nirwana (Plötz, 1882) Java to West China
* Caltoris philippina, Philippine swift
* Caltoris plebeia (de Nicéville, 1887) tufted swift. Sikkim to Borneo
* Caltoris septentrionalis Koiwaiya, 1996
* Caltoris sirius (Evans, 1926) Tibet
* Caltoris tenuis (Evans, 1932) Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
* Caltoris tulsi (de Nicéville, [1884]) purple swift. India to Malaya, South China, Java

The larvae variously feed on Poaceae, Arecaceae:-Bambusa, Imperata, Dendrocalamus, Sinarundinaria, Oryza, Saccharum.

