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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| Borbo cinnara | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Baorini |
| Genus: | Borbo Evans, 1949 |
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Species
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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)
Species of unknown status
edit- Borbo philippina
- Borbo toshieae Maruyama, 1991
References
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Data related to Borbo at Wikispecies
Media related to Borbo at Wikimedia Commons- Borbo at funet
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