Sabera fuliginosa

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Sabera fuliginosa
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S. fuliginosa
Binomial name
Sabera fuliginosa
(Miskin, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Pamphila fuliginosaMiskin, 1889
  • Telesto bicolorRothschild, 1915

Sabera fuliginosa, the white-fringed swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia along the north-east coast of Queensland, as well as in Papua, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

The larvae feed on Calamus moti . During the day they hide in a shelter created by folding over the edge of a leaf of their host plant and joining it with silk.

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