Description

• Common Name : Rice Swift
• Scientific Name : Borbo cinnara (Wallace)
• Family : HESPERIIDAE
• Wingspan : 28-32mm
• Colour : Dark brown wings, white spots on the underside of the hind wings.
• Habit : This is a Skipper found commonly in grass lands. Prefers patches of abundant growth of medium-sized grass to very short or tall and sparse grass that grows in shady places. Flight is smooth. Fond of sunshine.
• Larval Host Plants : Oryza sativa, Setaria glauca, Andropogon sp., Cymbopogom sp. etc.
• Location : Throughout West Bengal