Parnara guttata

Parnara guttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Parnara
Species:	P. guttata
Binomial name
	Parnara guttata; (Bremer & Grey, 1852)
Synonyms
	Eudamus guttatus Bremer & Grey, 1852; Parnara guttata Chiba & Eliot, 1991;

Parnara guttata, the common straight swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm, Amur (Russian Far East), eastern China, and Japan.^[2]

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Its wingspan is about 40 mm.

Panara guttata in Tokyo

Common straight swift larvae feed on various grasses, including rice.

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