Parnara | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Baorini |
Genus: | Parnara Moore, [1881] |
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Parnara is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, the skippers. They are native to Asia, Africa and Australia. [1]
These are small, brown skippers that have thin, translucent spots on their wings. [1]
The larvae feed on Gramineae including Bambusa , Oryza , Apluda , Bothriochloa , Colocasia , Imperata , Microstegium , Zea , Saccharum [4]
Bibasis sena, commonly known as the orange-tailed awlet, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae, the skippers. It is also sometimes called the pale green awlet though that name can also refer to Bibasis gomata.
Hasora taminatus, the white banded awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae, which is found in Asia.
Pelopidas mathias, the dark small-branded swift, small branded swift, lesser millet skipper or black branded swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found throughout much of south, southeast and East Asia, and as far as the Philippines. It is also present in tropical Africa and Arabia.
Zela is an Indomalayan genus of grass skippers.
Parnara guttata, the common straight swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm, Amur, eastern China, and Japan.
Acerbas is an Indomalayan genus of skipper butterflies.
Coladenia is an Oriental genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae. They are found throughout most of Southern, Southeastern, and Eastern Asia.
Gerosis is an Indomalayan genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.There are six species found from China and Northeast India to Java and the Sula Archipelago east of Sulawesi.They are lowland forest butterflies. They seek sunny areas between 1 and 4 metres above ground, but females can be encountered in the shade.
Halpe is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Hyarotis is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.It is found in the Indomalayan realm
Plastingia is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Pseudocoladenia is an Indomalayan genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Salanoemia is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Sovia is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The species are found in the Indomalayan realm The genus was erected by William Harry Evans in 1949
Suastus, whose members are called palm bobs, is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Baorini is a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies.
Matapa is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The species of this genus occur in the Indomalayan realm, from India to Sulawesi. They are mainly crepuscular and have red eyes.
Oriens, the dartlets, is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae (Hesperiidae). The genus was described by William Harry Evans in 1932.