parnara, monasi, water, watchman, water, skipper, butterfly, family, hesperiidae, found, saharan, africa, including, senegal, gambia, guinea, burkina, faso, sierra, leone, ivory, coast, ghana, nigeria, cameroon, gabon, democratic, republic, congo, zambia, moza. Parnara monasi the water watchman or water skipper is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae It is found in Sub Saharan Africa including Senegal the Gambia Guinea Burkina Faso Sierra Leone Ivory Coast Ghana Nigeria Cameroon Gabon the Democratic Republic of the Congo Zambia Mozambique Zimbabwe Botswana South Africa Limpopo Province Mpumalanga KwaZulu Natal and Eswatini 2 The habitat consists of marshes grassy river banks and riverine forests in savanna settings Parnara monasi Parnara monasi figure 9 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Hesperiidae Genus Parnara Species P monasi Binomial name Parnara monasi Trimen 1889 1 Synonyms Pamphila monasi Trimen 1889 Parnara anelia Bethune Baker 1908 Plastinga podora Plotz 1884 Pamphila neoba Mabille 1891 Parnara subochracea Holland 1896 Parnara chambezi Neave 1910 The wingspan is 30 33 mm for males Adults are on wing year round but are most common from January to May The larvae feed on Saccharum species Andropogon canaliculatus and Imperata cylindrica References edit Parnara Site of Markku Savela Afrotropical Butterflies Hesperiidae Subfamily Hesperiinae Archived from the original on 2013 10 29 Retrieved 2012 11 07 nbsp Data related to Parnara monasi at Wikispecies nbsp Media related to Parnara monasi at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This Hesperiinae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Parnara monasi amp oldid 1080971764, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
