Taractrocera dolon

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Taractrocera dolon
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Taractrocera
Species:
T. dolon
Binomial name
Taractrocera dolon
(Plötz, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Apaustus dolonPlötz, 1884

Taractrocera dolon, the sandy grass-dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales as well as Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

The larvae feed on Sorghum verticilliflorum .

Subspecies