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Parnara naso

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(Redirected from Hesperia ibara) Species of butterfly

African straight
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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. 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

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


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