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Parnara kawazoei
Parnara (Moore, 1881) is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, subfamily Hesperiinae, tribe Baorini. Subfamily Hesperiinae are called Grass Skippers or Banded Skippers. With over 2,000 described species, this is the largest skipper butterfly subfamily. Parnara kawazoei Chiba & Eliot, 1991, occurs in Borneo, Sulawesi, and in the Philippines - Homonhon, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros, Panay, Samar, Sibuyan. Status is common. Similar to P. bada, and can be differentiated by the spots on spaces 2-5 of the hindwing usually all present and nearly in a straight line in P. kawazoei, and small and irregular in P. bada.
Backyard garden, spotted on Yellow Alder flower.
Related spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/179... Reference: http://pbh-butterflies.yolasite.com/phil... http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110007707891
Spotted on Jul 6, 2013
Submitted on Jul 15, 2013
7 Comments
Thank you Daniele :)
Great series Agnes!
Thanks! They love this plant/flower, Adi! They don't mind me standing there just as long as they get their sips from these flowers (Turnera ulmifolia) :). And every morning, they would 'invade' the plant, and I'm just there waiting for them :)
Very beautiful! I wonder how you get your most of the clicks with flower in background!!!!
Thank you Fyn. Thank you Debbie. :)
Nice spotting Agnes, Lovely series too!
Thank you Tiz. Thank you Nuwan. :)