Parnara is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, the skippers. They are native to Asia, Africa and Australia.Chiba, H. and J. N. Eliot. (1991). A revision of the genus Parnara Moore (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae), with special reference to the Asian species. Tyô to Ga 42(3), 179-94.
These are small, brown skippers that have thin, translucent spots on their wings.
Species Species include:Parnara. Funet.Parnara. Uniprot.
Parnara amalia (Semper, ) Parnara apostata (Snellen, ) P. a. apostata Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, S.Burma, Java, Bali P. a. andra Evans, 1949 Borneo P. a. debdasi Chiba & Eliot, 1991 Nepal P. a. hulsei Devyatkin & Monastyrskii, 1999 South Yunnan Parnara bada (Moore, 1878) – Ceylon swift Parnara batta Evans, 1949 Southeast China Parnara ganga Evans, 1937 – continental swift Parnara guttata (Bremer & Grey, ) – straight swift Parnara kawazoei Chiba & Eliot, 1991 Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi Parnara monasi (Trimen, 1889) – water watchman Parnara naso (Fabricius, 1798) Parnara ogasawarensis Matsumura, 1906 Bonin Islands (Japan)
Biology The larvae feed on Gramineae including Bambusa, Oryza, Apluda, Bothriochloa, Colocasia, Imperata, Microstegium, Zea, Saccharum Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. nhm hosts
References
External links
Parnara. Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum. Images representing Parnara at Consortium for the Barcode of Life