Biology:Borbo perobscura

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Small swift
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Borbo
Species:
B. perobscura
Binomial name
Borbo perobscura
(H. Druce, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Parnara perobscura H. Druce, 1912
  • Parnara gemina Gaede, 1916
  • Parnara trigemina Gaede, 1916
  • Parnara detecta f. karschi Aurivillius, 1925
  • Borbo falarus Mabille; Aurivillius, 1925

Borbo perobscura, the small swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. The species was first described by Herbert Druce in 1912. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, São Tomé, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), southern Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, south-western Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and northern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of savanna and degraded forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4944372 entry