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Parnara swift

Parnara sp.

Photo by suman.1616
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Field Notes

Habitat:

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

Species ID Suggestions

African straight swift

Parnara bada bada

Parnara Swift

Parnara sp.

Comments (10)

Welcome to Project Noah, Suman!
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/content/documents/document-104111ea-a11d-4c27-b611-132142a41679/425.pdf
Hi Michael, Thank you for your warm welcome. Happy that you liked my spotting. Stay safe. Sumit
HI Sumit, A warm welcome to the Project Noah community! Great to see your first few spottings.
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
Hello suman.1616 and welcome to the Project Noah community! This is a nice first spotting, thanks for sharing it with us. If you know the organism ID, please provide it in right fields; for the rest, please bear in mind to fill the form as much as you can. If you don’t know the organism, describe at least the place where the organism was spotted in “Habitat” paragraph; as that information can help to identify it. Project Noah is a tool for people to learn about wildlife, share wildlife spottings, build nature journals and engage in citizen science. Here you will find a friendly community of people passionate about wildlife and conservation. If you need any more information about the functioning of the site, please visit our FAQ section here: https://www.projectnoah.org/faq We hope you enjoy our website and community as much as we do! Enjoy yourself, learn, share and see you around. Cheers
Several of the Swifts are looking similar too: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=6681&preferred_place_id=97394&subview=grid&taxon_id=320583&view=species
Not 100 percent sure (not familiar with Indian Hesperiids), but maybe Borbo cinnara?

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