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Parnara guttata

Common Straight Swift


Parnara guttata

(Bremer & Grey, 1852)
Family: Hesperiidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
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Synonyms: Eudamus guttatus.




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Parnara guttata, the common straight swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm, Amur (Russian Far East), eastern China, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Korea.

Its wingspan is about 40 mm.

Common straight swift larvae feed on various grasses, including rice.

Source: Wikipedia, article Parnara guttata. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Foto
Photography ID: 659843
  Adult
Edogawa
Tokio
Japan
10/12/2025
Alec Earnshaw
Foto
Photography ID: 659842
  Adult
Edogawa
Tokio
Japan
10/12/2025
Alec Earnshaw



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
238677612/10/2025JapanTokioKasai Rinkai Park, EdogawaAlec Earnshaw
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Straight Swift (Parnara guttata) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 23/09/2026.