| Purple Swift (previously known as : Parnara atropatene) HESPERIINAE, HESPERIIDAE, HESPERIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult butterflies of this species are dark brown all over, with a purple sheen underneath. The hindwings have straight margins. They have a wingspan of about 4 cms.
They are found in
and in Australia in
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, p. 238.
Hans Fruhstorfer,
Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen,
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift,
Volume 25 (1911) p. 56.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 3 September 2001, updated 2 March 2017, 28 May 2020)