Ocybadistes walkeri

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Ocybadistes walkeri
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Green grass-dart skipper butterfly
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ocybadistes
Species:
O. walkeri
Binomial name
Ocybadistes walkeri
Heron, 1894

Ocybadistes walkeri, the greenish grass-dart, green grass-dart, southern dart or yellow-banded dart, is a type of butterfly known as a skipper found in eastern and southern Australia, with one subspecies found in the Northern Territory. [1]

Contents

The larvae feed on Dianella , Brachypodium distachyon , Cynodon dactylon , Erharta erecta , Panicum maximum , Pennisetum clandestinum and Thuarea involuta .

Subspecies

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References

  1. Braby, Michael F. (2005). The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. pp.  94. ISBN   0-643-09027-4.