Parnara naso

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.

African straight
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Parnara
Species:
P. naso
Binomial name
Parnara naso
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia naso Fabricius, 1798
  • Hesperia poutieri Boisduval, 1833
  • Hesperia marchalii Boisduval, 1833
  • Parnara marchalii bigutta Evans, 1937
  • Hesperia poutieri Boisduval, 1833
  • Hesperia ibara Plötz, 1883
  • Pamphila albigutta Mabille 1887

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
  1. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-11-07.


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