Parnara naso monasi (Trimen, 1889) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Parnara naso monasi (Trimen, 1889)
Parnara naso, the African straight swift, is a Hesperiidae skipper butterfly found in Madagascar, Mauritius, and Réunion.
Parnara naso, commonly called the African straight or straight swift, is a skipper butterfly that is part of the family Hesperiidae. Its subspecies here is Parnara naso monasi (Trimen, 1889). This butterfly is found on Mauritius, Réunion, and Madagascar. Its natural habitat includes forest margins and anthropogenic, or human-modified, environments. The larvae of this butterfly feed on Oryza sativa (cultivated rice) and Saccharum officinarum (sugarcane).
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Toxidia parvulus (Plötz, 1884)
Polites sabuleti (Boisduval, 1852)
Iton semamora (Moore, 1865)
Proteides mercurius (Fabricius, 1787)
Zophopetes dysmephila (Trimen, 1868)
Suada swerga (de Nicéville, 1883)
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