title: Parnara naso
text: # Parnara naso
  
  Parnara naso, the African straight or straight swift, is a skipper butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found on Mauritius, Réunion and Madagascar. The habitat consists of forest margins and anthropogenic environments.
  
  The larvae feed on Oryza sativa and Saccharum officinarum.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  * Parnara naso naso (Mauritius)
  * Parnara naso bigutta Evans, 1937 (Reunion)
  * Parnara naso poutieri (Boisduval, 1833) (Madagascar)
  