Biology:Parnara guttata

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Parnara guttata
Parnara.guttata.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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[1]

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 , and Japan .[2]

Its wingspan is about 40 mm.

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File:Common Straight Swift (Parnara guttata).webm Common straight swift larvae feed on various grasses, including rice.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1314537 entry