Parnara
Introduction '''''Parnara''''' is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, the skippers. They are native to Asia, Africa and Australia.These are small, brown skippers that have thin, translucent spots on their wings.
Species Species include:*''Parnara amalia'' (Semper, 1879)*''Parnara apostata'' (Snellen, 1880)**''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, 1852) – 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 ''
References
External links ** ''Parnara''. Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum. * Images representing ''Parnara'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life