Parnara is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, the skippers. They are native to Asia, Africa and Australia.
These are small, brown skippers that have thin, translucent spots on their wings.
Species
Species include:
- Parnara amalia <small>(Semper, [1879])</small>
- Parnara apostata <small>(Snellen, [1880])</small>
- P. a. apostata Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, S.Burma, Java, Bali
- P. a. andra <small>Evans, 1949</small> Borneo
- P. a. debdasi <small>Chiba & Eliot, 1991</small> Nepal
- P. a. hulsei <small>Devyatkin & Monastyrskii, 1999</small> South Yunnan
- Parnara bada <small>(Moore, 1878)</small> – Ceylon swift
- Parnara batta <small>Evans, 1949</small> Southeast China
- Parnara ganga <small>Evans, 1937</small> – continental swift
- Parnara guttata <small>(Bremer & Grey, [1852])</small> – straight swift
- Parnara kawazoei <small>Chiba & Eliot, 1991</small> Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi
- Parnara monasi <small>(Trimen, 1889)</small> – water watchman
- Parnara naso <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small>
- Parnara ogasawarensis <small>Matsumura, 1906</small> Bonin Islands (Japan)
Biology
The larvae feed on Gramineae including Bambusa, Oryza, Apluda, Bothriochloa, Colocasia, Imperata, Microstegium, Zea, Saccharum
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