Borbo

Borbo
Borbo impar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Baorini
Genus: Borbo
Evans, 1949
Species

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Borbo is a genus of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae). They belong to the tribe Baorini, and as such are among those skippers commonly known as swifts.

Species

Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)

Species (and some subspecies) include:

Species of unknown status

  • Borbo philippina
  • Borbo toshieae Maruyama, 1991

References


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