Borbo impar

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Yellow swift
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Borbo
Species:
B. impar
Binomial name
Borbo impar
(Mabille, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Baoris laviniaWaterhouse, 1932
  • Caltoris laracaSwinhoe, 1907
  • Carystus tetragraphusMabille, 1891
  • Pamphila imparMabille, 1883
  • Parnara bipunctataElwes & J. Edwards, 1897
  • Parnara sidataFruhstorfer, 1911
  • Pelopidas lavellaEvans, 1937
  • Baoris impar

Borbo impar, the yellow swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Northern Territory of Australia and Indonesia to the Solomons

The wingspan is 30–40 mm.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species, including Panicum maximum , Pennisetum pedicellatum and Rottboellia cochinensis .

Subspecies


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