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Parnara swift

Parnara sp.

Habitat:

This butterfly was spotted on Tecoma capensis flower in my terrace garden.

10 Comments

suman.1616
suman.1616 2 years ago

Thank you so much Bayucca.

bayucca
bayucca 2 years ago

Welcome to Project Noah, Suman!

bayucca
bayucca 2 years ago

There are 4 species of Parnara in India and without genital dissection and/or DNA it is not possible to ID a Parnara from only a picture (at least not on a safe base). So I suggest to go with Parnara sp. as scientific name. Parnara sp. is definitely safe, based on the markings on the hindwing.
https://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/con...

suman.1616
suman.1616 2 years ago

Hi Michael,

Thank you for your warm welcome. Happy that you liked my spotting.

Stay safe.
Sumit

MichaelS
MichaelS 2 years ago

HI Sumit,

A warm welcome to the Project Noah community! Great to see your first few spottings.

suman.1616
suman.1616 2 years ago

Hi Zlatan,

Thank you for your welcome email. I will try to provide as much information as I can while posting my new spotting in this wonderful project..

Take care. Stay safe.
Sumit

Zlatan Celebic
Zlatan Celebic 2 years ago

Hello suman.1616 and welcome to the Project Noah community!

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suman.1616
suman.1616 2 years ago

Thank you so much.

flowntheloop
flowntheloop 2 years ago

Several of the Swifts are looking similar too:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...

flowntheloop
flowntheloop 2 years ago

Not 100 percent sure (not familiar with Indian Hesperiids), but maybe Borbo cinnara?

suman.1616
Spotted by
suman.1616

Kichha, Uttarakhand, India

Spotted on Oct 15, 2020
Submitted on Feb 12, 2021

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