Parnara
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| Parnara bada | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Hesperiinae |
| 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]
Species
- Parnara amalia (Semper, [1879])
- Parnara apostata (Snellen, [1880])
- P. a. apostata Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, S.Burma, Java, Bali
- P. a. andra Evans, 1949 Borneo
- P. a. debdasi Chiba & Eliot, 1991 Nepal
- P. a. hulsei Devyatkin & Monastyrskii, 1999 South Yunnan
- Parnara bada (Moore, 1878) – Ceylon Swift
- Parnara batta Evans, 1949 Southeast China
- Parnara ganga Evans, 1937 – Continental Swift
- Parnara guttata (Bremer & Grey, [1852]) – Straight Swift
- Parnara kawazoei Chiba & Eliot, 1991 Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi
- Parnara monasi (Trimen, 1889) – Water Watchman
- Parnara naso (Fabricius, 1798)
- Parnara ogasawarensis Matsumura, 1906 Bonin Islands (Japan)
References
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External links
- Parnara. Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum.
- Images representing Parnara at Consortium for the Barcode of Life