Zela is an Indomalayan genus of grass skippers.
Species Zela cowani Evans, Peninsula Malaya Zela elioti Evans, Thailand, Langkawi, Malaysia, Tioman Zela excellens (Staudinger, 1889) Thailand, Langkawi, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Siberut, Palawan Zela onara (Butler, 1870) Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java Zela smaragdinus (H. H. Druce, 1912) Thailand, Langkawi, Malaysia, Borneo Zela zenon (de Nicéville, 1895) Borneo Zela zero Evans, 1932 Zela zeta Devyatkin, 2007 Zela zeus de Nicéville, 1895 Assam to Malaya, Burma, Philippines, Thailand, Langkawi
Biology The larvae feed on Palmae including CalamusRobinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. nhm hosts
References
, 2007: Hesperiidae of Vietnam, 16. A new species and a new record of the Hesperiidae from Central Vietnam, with a revisional note on the genus Hidari Distant, 1886 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Atalanta 38 (3-4): 347-349. Zela de Nicéville, 1895 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms