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Caltoris
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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.

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17 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Full Stop Swift

speciesCaltoris cormasa

Colon Swift

speciesCaltoris cahira

Blank Swift

speciesCaltoris kumara

Colon Swift

speciesCaltoris bromus

Caltoris ranrunna

speciesCaltoris ranrunna

Canara Swift

speciesCaltoris canaraica

Philippine Swift

speciesCaltoris philippina

Malayan Swift

speciesCaltoris malaya

Purple Swift

speciesCaltoris tulsi

Sirius Swift

speciesCaltoris sirius

dark branded swift

speciesCaltoris brunnea

Caltoris septentrionalis

speciesCaltoris septentrionalis

Tufted Swift

speciesCaltoris plebeia

Caltoris boisduvalii

speciesCaltoris boisduvalii

Caltoris tenuis

speciesCaltoris tenuis

Yellow-fringed Swift

speciesCaltoris aurociliata

Confusing Swift

speciesCaltoris confusa

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 335256.