''Borbo cinnara'', commonly known as the rice swift, Formosan swift or rice leaf folder, is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

belonging to the family

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. It is found in

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, and

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Description

Larvae are known to feed on ''

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Axonopus compressus ''Axonopus compressus'' is a species of grass. It is often used as a permanent pasture, groundcover, and turf in moist, low fertility soils, particularly in shaded situations. It is generally too low-growing to be useful in cut-and-carry systems ...

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Rottboellia cochinchinensis ''Rottboellia cochinchinensis'' is a species of grass known by the common names Itchgrass,Holm, L. G., Plucknett, D. L., Pancho, J. V., & Herberger, J. P. (1977). The world’s worst weeds. The World’s Worst Weeds.Smith, M. C., Reeder, R. H., & ...

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Brachiaria mutica ''Urochloa mutica'', commonly known as para grass, buffalo grass, Mauritius signal grass, pasto pare, malojilla, gramalote, parana, Carib grass, and Scotch grass, is a species of grass.Stone, Katharine R. 2010''Urochloa mutica''.In: Fire Effects ...

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Life history

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Australian butterflies
* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1317919 cinnara Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Sri Lanka Butterflies of Taiwan Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies of Australia Butterflies described in 1866 Taxa named by Alfred Russel Wallace