''Parnara'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, the skippers. They are native to

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A revision of the genus ''Parnara'' Moore (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae), with special reference to the Asian species.
''Tyô to Ga'' 42(3), 179-94. These are small, brown skippers that have thin, translucent spots on their wings.

Species

Species include: *'' Parnara amalia'' (Semper,

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**''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 *''

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'' Evans, 1949 Southeast China *'' Parnara ganga'' Evans, 1937 – continental swift *'' Parnara guttata'' (Bremer & Grey, 852 – 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

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References

External links

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