title: Caltoris
text: # 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.
  
  