Parnara naso

African Straight/Straight Swift

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

Parnara naso, commonly known as 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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