Borbo impar

Borbo impar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Baorini
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

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

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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