Some Records of Skippers (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae) from Balochistan Province, Pakistan

Skippers Fauna in Balochistan Province

Authors

  • Muhammad Ather Rafi National Insect Museum, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Fariha Mengal Department of Zoology, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Saima Durrani Department of Zoology, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Gulnaz Parveen Women University, Swabi Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Qudrat Ullah Department of Zoology, University of Peshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Qasim Department of Agricultural and Forestry, Kohsar University of Murree, Murree, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Imtiaz Ali Khan Department of Agricultural, The University of Swabi, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Adnan Sami Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grass Science,Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024-China
  • Muhammad Saeed Department of Agricultural, The University of Swabi, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Zara Urooj Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grass Science,Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024-China
  • Ghulam Rasul Planning and Development Division, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52763/PJSIR.BIOL.SCI.65.1.2022.1.4

Keywords:

Balochistan, Hesperiidae, Lepidoptera, skippers fauna, Pakistan

Abstract

Skipper fauna of Balochistan province is not properly studied. To fill this gap, a study was conducted to explore the skipper's fauna from previous literature and new collection from Balochistan, Pakistan. We report 21 species of skippers from two subfamilies, Coeliadinae and Hesperiinae. Out of 21 species five species namely Hesperia comma (Linnaeus, 1758), Parnara guttatus (Bremer and Grey, 1852), Pyrgus cashmirensis Moore (1874), Pyrgus darwazicus Grum-Grshimailo (1890) and Pyrgus sidae (Esper, 1784) under subfamily Hesperiinae are recorded for the first time from Balochistan. Out of five reported species from Balochistan, two species Pyrgus darwazicus and Pyrgus sidae are new records for Pakistan.

 

 

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Published

2022-02-23

How to Cite

Rafi, M. A., Mengal, F., Durrani, S., Parveen, G., Ullah, Q., Qasim, M., Khan, I. A., Sami, A., Saeed, M., Urooj, Z., & Rasul, G. (2022). Some Records of Skippers (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae) from Balochistan Province, Pakistan: Skippers Fauna in Balochistan Province. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 65(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.52763/PJSIR.BIOL.SCI.65.1.2022.1.4

Issue

Vol. 65 No. 1 (2022): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series B: Biological Sciences

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