Parnara Skipper Butterfly

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.