Biology:Parnara naso
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Short description: Species of butterfly
African straight | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Parnara |
Species: | P. naso
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Binomial name | |
Parnara naso (Fabricius, 1798)
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Synonyms | |
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Parnara naso, the African straight or straight swift, is a skipper butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found on Mauritius, Réunion and Madagascar .[1] The habitat consists of forest margins and anthropogenic environments.
The larvae feed on Oryza sativa and Saccharum officinarum.
Subspecies
- Parnara naso naso (Mauritius)
- Parnara naso bigutta Evans, 1937 (Reunion)
- Parnara naso poutieri (Boisduval, 1833) (Madagascar)
References
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Wikidata ☰ Q3134736 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnara naso.
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