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Bibasis
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Bibasis

Bibasis, the awlets, are a genus of skipper butterflies. The genus is confined to the Indomalayan ecozone. Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) state that Bibasis contains just three diurnal species (B. aquilina, B. iluska, B. sena), the remainder having been removed to Burara....

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Orangetail Awlet

speciesBibasis sena

Bibasis iluska

speciesBibasis iluska

Red-brick Awlet

speciesBibasis mahintha

Bibasis nestor

speciesBibasis nestor

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