Suniana sunias

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Suniana sunias
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Suniana
Species:
S. sunias
Binomial name
Suniana sunias
(C. Felder, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Pamphila suniasFelder, 1860
  • Pamphila rectivittaMabille, 1878
  • Padraona nolaWaterhouse, 1932
  • Padraona tanus nolaWaterhouse, 1932
  • Suniana saudaWaterhouse, 1937
  • Padraona fasciata (Rothschild, 1916)

Suniana sunias is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Indonesia (Papua, Maluku), Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory and Queensland), Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

The larvae feed on Sorghum verticilliflorum , Paspalum urvillei , Panicum maximum , Leersia hexandra and other Leersia species. They rest in a shelter made from blades of their host plant joined with silk.

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