Parnara

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Parnara
Oriental grey swift (Parnara bada) underside Lumbini 2.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Baorini
Genus: Parnara
Moore, [1881]
Synonyms
  • BaorynnisWaterhouse, 1932

Parnara is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, the skippers. They are native to Asia, Africa and Australia. [1]

Contents

These are small, brown skippers that have thin, translucent spots on their wings. [1]

Species

Species include: [2] [3]

Biology

The larvae feed on Gramineae including Bambusa , Oryza , Apluda , Bothriochloa , Colocasia , Imperata , Microstegium , Zea , Saccharum [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Chiba, H. and J. N. Eliot. (1991). A revision of the genus Parnara Moore (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae), with special reference to the Asian species. Tyô to Ga 42(3), 179-94.
  2. Parnara. Funet.
  3. Parnara. Uniprot.
  4. Robinson, 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