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]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Parnara |
Species: | P. guttata
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Its wingspan is about 40 mm.
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Common straight swift larvae feed on various grasses, including rice.
References
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- ^ Chiba, Hideyuki; John Nevill, Eliot (1991). "A Revision of the Genus Parnara Moore (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae), with Special Reference to the Asian Species". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 42 (3): 181.
- ^ Bremer, Otto Vasilievich; Grey, Vasilii Fomich (1853). Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna des nördlichen China. St. Petersburg. p. 10.
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