Parnara guttata

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]

Parnara guttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Parnara
Species:
P. guttata
Binomial name
Parnara guttata
(Bremer & Grey, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Eudamus guttatus Bremer & Grey, 1852
  • Parnara guttata Chiba & Eliot, 1991[1]

Its wingspan is about 40 mm.

Common straight swift larvae feed on various grasses, including rice.

References
  1. 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.
  2. Bremer, Otto Vasilievich; Grey, Vasilii Fomich (1853). Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna des nördlichen China. St. Petersburg. p. 10.


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