Borbo impar

Borbo impar, the yellow swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the Northern Territory of Australia and Indonesia to the Solomons

Yellow swift
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Borbo
Species:	B. impar
Binomial name
Borbo impar (Mabille, 1883)
Synonyms
Baoris lavinia Waterhouse, 1932 Caltoris laraca Swinhoe, 1907 Carystus tetragraphus Mabille, 1891 Pamphila impar Mabille, 1883 Parnara bipunctata Elwes & J. Edwards, 1897 Parnara sidata Fruhstorfer, 1911 Pelopidas lavella Evans, 1937 Baoris impar

The wingspan is 30–40 mm.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species, including Panicum maximum, Pennisetum pedicellatum and Rottboellia cochinensis.

Subspecies

• Borbo impar impar
• Borbo impar lavinia (Waterhouse, 1932)

External links

• Australian Insects