''Parnara naso'', the African straight or straight swift, is a skipper

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belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found on

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, Réunion and

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. The habitat consists of forest margins and anthropogenic environments. The larvae feed on ''

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Subspecies

*''Parnara naso naso'' (Mauritius) *''Parnara naso bigutta'' Evans, 1937 (Reunion) *''Parnara naso poutieri'' (Boisduval, 1833) (Madagascar)

References

Hesperiinae Butterflies described in 1798 Butterflies of Indochina {{Hesperiinae-stub