Borbo

Borbo is a genus of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae). They belong to the tribe Baorini, and as such are among those skippers commonly known as swifts.

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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyHesperiidae

Observations recorded7,566

Borbo es un género de mariposas de la familia Hesperiidae.

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Specimen records: 40
Family: Hesperiidae
Collections: SAM
Recorded in: South Africa, Zimbabwe

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Baorini
Image: Borbo impar (ento-csiro-au).jpg

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Commons category: Borbo
taxon name: Borbo
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Borbo

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Borbo is a genus of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae). They belong to the tribe Baorini, and as such are among those skippers commonly known as swifts.

==Species== thumb|right|Borbo impar Species (and some subspecies) include: Borbo binga (Evans, 1937) Borbo borbonica Boisduval, 1833 Borbo chagwa (Evans, 1937) Borbo cinnara (Wallace, 1866) – rice swift, Formosan swift Borbo detecta (Trimen, 1893) Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916) Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937) Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855) Borbo ferruginea (Aurivillius, 1925) Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884) Borbo havei (Boisduval, 1833) Borbo holtzii (Plötz, 1883) Borbo impar (Mabille, 1883) Borbo impar impar Borbo impar lavinia (Waterhouse, 1932) Borbo impar tetragaphus (Mabille, 1891) Borbo kaka (Evans, 1938) Borbo liana (Evans, 1937) Borbo lugens (Hopffer, 1855) Borbo micans (Holland, 1896) Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912) Borbo ratek (Boisduval, 1833) Borbo sirena (Evans, 1937)

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