Borbo impar

Borbo impar, the yellow swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Northern Territory of Australia and Indonesia to the Solomons

Borbo impar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Borbo
Species:
B. impar
Binomial name
Borbo impar
(Mabille, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Baoris lavinia Waterhouse, 1932
  • Caltoris laraca Swinhoe, 1907
  • Carystus tetragraphus Mabille, 1891
  • Pamphila impar Mabille, 1883
  • Parnara bipunctata Elwes & J. Edwards, 1897
  • Parnara sidata Fruhstorfer, 1911
  • Pelopidas lavella Evans, 1937
  • Baoris impar

The wingspan is 30–40 mm.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species, including Panicum maximum, Pennisetum pedicellatum and Rottboellia cochinensis.

Subspecies
  • Borbo impar impar
  • Borbo impar lavinia (Waterhouse, 1932)
  • Borbo impar tetragaphus (Mabille, 1891)


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