Parnara bada  (Moore, 1878)

African Straight Swift
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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
​Genus: Parnara
Species: bada
  • Common name: African Straight Swift
  • Thai name: ผีเสื้อหนอนข้าวหนวดสั้นสีจาง​
  • Distribution: Sri Lanka, India, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, W. Malaysia, Hainan, China, Taiwan, Japan, Sumatra, Nias, Siberut, Banka, Java, Bali, Philippines, Lonbok, Tambora, Sulawesi, Batjan.
  • Image locations: Chiang Mai
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Parnara bada from Thailand.
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Parnara bada (Moore, 1878) Chiang Mai
African Straight Swift.jpg
Parnara bada (Moore, 1878) Chiang Mai
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Parnara bada (Moore, 1878) Chiang Mai
References: 
​A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM - Y.Inayoshi.
​Thai Butterflies
Wingscales