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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.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Formosan Swift
speciesBorbo cinnara
Long-horned Swift
speciesBorbo fatuellus
Olive-haired Swift
speciesBorbo borbonica
Twin Swift
speciesBorbo gemella
Lesser-horned Swift
speciesBorbo lugens
Yellow swift
speciesBorbo impar
Ferrous swift
speciesBorbo ferruginea
Large Malagasy Swift
speciesBorbo ratek
Dark forest swift
speciesBorbo binga
Kakamega Swift
speciesBorbo kaka
Evans's Scarce Swift
speciesBorbo liana
Chagwa swift
speciesBorbo chagwa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 209690.