Thoressa
Thoressa is a genus of skipper butterflies erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1913. They 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 Sikkim
- Thoressa astigmata southern spotted ace or unbranded ace
- Thoressa baileyi China
- Thoressa blanchardii China
- Thoressa bivitta China
- Thoressa cerata Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
- Thoressa cuneomaculata China
- Thoressa decorata decorated ace
- Thoressa evershedi Evershed's ace
- Thoressa fusca Northeast India, Myanmar, China, Indochina
- Thoressa gupta de Nicéville, 1886 Sikkim, China
- Thoressa hishikawai China
- Thoressa honorei Madras ace
- Thoressa horishama Formosa
- Thoressa horishana sic Formosa
- Thoressa hyrie
- Thoressa justini Inoue, 1969 Philippines
- Thoressa latris China
- Thoressa kuata China
- Thoressa luanchuanensis China
- Thoressa masoni
- Thoressa monastyrskyi Devyatkin, 1996 Vietnam
- Thoressa masuriensis
- Thoressa nanshaona Murayama, 1995 China
- Thoressa panda Naga Hills
- Thoressa pandita
- Thoressa pedla China
- Thoressa serena China
- Thoressa similissima Devyatkin, 2002 Vietnam
- Thoressa sitala Tamil ace or Sitala ace
- Thoressa submacula China, Vietnam
- Thoressa thandaunga Karen Hills
- Thoressa varia
- Thoressa viridis China
- Thoressa xiaoqingae Huang & Zhan, 2004 China
- Thoressa zinnia China
Biology
The larvae feed on Gramineae including Sasa
