''Borbo cinnara'', commonly known as the rice swift,
[ Formosan swift or rice leaf folder, is a ]butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
belonging to the family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
. It is found in Sri Lanka
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, India
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, Myanmar
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, Vietnam
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, Cambodia
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, Taiwan
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, and Australia
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Description
Larvae are known to feed on ''Setaria barbata
Setaria barbata, with common names bristly foxtail grass, corn grass, Mary grass, and East Indian bristlegrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae native to tropical Africa and tropical Asia.
References
barbata
Barbata (Berga ...
'', ''Axonopus compressus
''Axonopus compressus'' (syn. ''Axonopus compressus'' (Sw.) P.Beauv. var. ''australis'' G.A.Black, ''Milium compressum'' Sw., ''Paspalum compressum'' (Sw.) Nees, ''Paspalum platycaule'' Willd. ex Steud., ''Paspalum platycaulon'' Poir.) is a speci ...
'', ''Rottboellia cochinchinensis
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'' and ''Brachiaria mutica
''Brachiaria mutica'' (''Urochloa mutica'') is a species of grass known by the common names para grass, buffalo grass, Mauritius signal grass, pasto pare, malojilla, gramalote, parana, Carib grass, and Scotch grass.Stone, Katharine R. 2010''Uroch ...
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Life history
File:Rce swift larva (3706810997).jpg, Larva
File:Rice swift pupa young (3706811785).jpg, Pupa
File:Rice Swift W IMG 2711.jpg, Imago
File:Rice Swift.JPG, Imago
Rice Swift Borbo cinnara UN by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN3505 (25).jpg, ''Borbo cinnara''
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Australian butterflies
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1317919
Hesperiinae
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Sri Lanka
Butterflies of Taiwan
Butterflies of Indochina
Butterflies of Australia
Butterflies described in 1866
Taxa named by Alfred Russel Wallace