Parnara naso
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Parnara naso, commonly known as the African Straight or Straight Swift, is a skipper butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

The larvae feed on Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa, commonly known as Asian rice, is the plant species most commonly referred to in English as rice. Oryza sativa is the cereal with the smallest genome, consisting of just 430Mb across 12 chromosomes...

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Subspecies

  • Parnara naso naso
  • Parnara naso poutieri (Madagascar)
  • Parnara naso bigutta
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