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Baoris Moore, [1881]
Swifts
Baoris Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 165, TS: Hesperia oceia Hewitson
Baoris ; [BIR, 484-486 (key)]
Baoris farri (Moore, 1878)
Ceylon, W.Ghats - Kanara, Sikkim, Bengal, S.Bihar, Assam - Burma. See [About maps] Paintbrush Swift
Hesperia farri Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 688, TL: Calcutta, India
farri ; [BIR, 484]
Baoris farri ; [MRS, 726]

Larva on Bambusa spp. [MRS]

B. f. farri
S.Yunnan, ... Baoris farri farri ; [BMP: 390, pl. 60, f. 14-15]
Baoris leechii Elwes & Edwards, 1897˛
W.China, C.China. See [About maps] Baoris leechii ; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 14]
Baoris longistigmata Huang, 1999
Baoris oceia (Hewitson, 1868)
Burma, Malaysia, Philippines. See [About maps] Paintbrush Swift
Hesperia oceia Hewitson, 1868; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): 31
oceia ; [BIR, 484]
Baoris oceia ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 10]; [BMP: 389, pl. 60, f. 12-13]
Baoris pagana (de Nicéville, 1887)
Nepal, NE.India, Borneo. See [About maps]
Baoris penicillata Moore, 1881
India, Ceylon, NE.India, Thailand, Laos. See [About maps] Baoris penicillata Moore, 1881; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 166, TL: Ceylon
Baoris penicillata ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 10 (text)]; [MRS, 726]
Baoris chapmani Evans, 1937
Burma, Bangladesh. See [About maps] Small Paintbrush Swift
Baoris penicillata chapmani Evans, 1937; Entomologist 70 (2): 38 (part 10), TL: Thaungyin, Burma
Baoris penicillata chapmani ; [BMP: 389, pl. 60, f. 16-17]; [MRS, 726]
Baoris chapmani ; [Torben B. Larsen]
Baoris unicolor Moore, 1883
Black Paintbrush Swift
Baoris penicillata unicolor Moore, ?1884; , TL: Darjeeling, Sikkim
Baoris unicolor ; [Torben B. Larsen]

Unknown taxa
Baoris sakara Plötz, 1886; [??some mistake somewhere?]

12.3.2007 (8)

References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BIR]
Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
[BMP]
Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[MRS]
Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
[˛]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:
Evans, 1937
Indo-Australian Hesperiidae: Description of new Genera, Species and Subspecies Entomologist 70 (1): 16-19 (part 9) (2): 38-40 (part 10) (3): 64-66 (part 11) (4): 81-83 (part 12)
Hewitson, 1868
Descriptions of one Hundred new Species of Hesperidae. (2) Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): [2] + pp. 25 (from sp. 7 hypaepa)-56
Moore, 1878
Descriptions of new Asiatic Hesperidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 686-695
Moore, 1881
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71

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