Parnara

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

Parnara
in Nepal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Subfamily:
Hesperiinae
Tribe:
Baorini
Genus:
Parnara

Moore, [1881]
Synonyms
  • Baorynnis Waterhouse, 1932

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

Species

Species include:[2][3]

  • 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)

Biology

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

References
  1. 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


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