Parnara guttata

Parnara guttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Parnara
Species:	P. guttata
Binomial name
	Parnara guttata; (Bremer & Grey, 1852)
Synonyms
	Eudamus guttatus Bremer & Grey, 1852; Parnara guttata Chiba & Eliot, 1991;

Last updated October 09, 2025

Parnara guttata, the common straight swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm, Amur (Russian Far East), eastern China, Japan,^[2] Taiwan, the Philippines, and Korea.

Its wingspan is about 40 mm.

Panara guttata in Tokyo

Common straight swift larvae feed on various grasses, including rice.

References

↑ Chiba, Hideyuki; John Nevill, Eliot (1991). "A Revision of the Genus Parnara Moore (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae), with Special Reference to the Asian Species". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 42 (3): 181.
↑ Bremer, Otto Vasilievich; Grey, Vasilii Fomich (1853). Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna des nördlichen China. St. Petersburg. p. 10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[1] Chiba, Hideyuki; John Nevill, Eliot (1991). "A Revision of the Genus Parnara Moore (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae), with Special Reference to the Asian Species". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 42 (3): 181.

[2] Bremer, Otto Vasilievich; Grey, Vasilii Fomich (1853). Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna des nördlichen China. St. Petersburg. p. 10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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