Telicota
# Telicota

Telicota is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is a tropical Asian genus, shared between the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm, and ranging from Sri Lanka to Australia and New Guinea. Larval foodplants include Palmae and Gramineae - Miscanthus sinensis, Pennisetum purpureum, Oryza sativa (rice), Saccharum officinarum (sugar cane), Imperata cylindrica (lalang grass), Cocos nucifera (coconut) and Calamus (rattan).

## Species

* Telicota ancilla (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
* Telicota angiana Evans, 1934
* Telicota anisodesma Lower, 1911
* Telicota aroa Evans, 1934
* Telicota augias (Linnaeus, 1763)
* Telicota bambusae (Moore, 1878)
* Telicota besta Evans, 1949
* Telicota brachydesma Lower, 1908
* Telicota brandti Parsons, 1986
* Telicota bulwa Parsons, 1986
* Telicota colon (Fabricius, 1775)
* Telicota doba Evans, 1949
* Telicota eurotas (C. Felder, 1860)
* Telicota eurychlora Lower, 1908
* Telicota gervasa Evans, 1949
* Telicota hilda Eliot, 1959
* Telicota kaimana Evans, 1934
* Telicota kezia Evans, 1949
* Telicota laruta Evans, 1934
* Telicota linna Evans, 1949
* Telicota melanion (Mabille, 1878)
* Telicota mesoptis Lower, 1911
* Telicota mimena Parsons, 1986
* Telicota ohara (Plötz, 1883)
* Telicota paceka Fruhstorfer, 1911
* Telicota sadra Evans, 1949
* Telicota sadrella Parsons, 1986
* Telicota subha Fruhstorfer, 1911
* Telicota ternatensis Swinhoe, 1907
* Telicota torsa Evans, 1934
* Telicota vinta Evans, 1949
