| Small Darter HESPERIINAE, HESPERIIDAE, HESPERIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: by P.S. Valentine and S.J. Johnson, courtesy of
The Australian Entomologist)
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| Small Darter HESPERIINAE, HESPERIIDAE, HESPERIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: by P.S. Valentine and S.J. Johnson, courtesy of
The Australian Entomologist)
These caterpillars are a jungle species, and have been found feeding on :
The butterflies are brown with a broad orange stripe across each wing.
The males also have a black stripe on the upper suface of each forewing alongside the orange one. The butterflies have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found along the coast of
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, p. 229.
Oswald B. Lower,
Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 32 (1908), pp. 312-314.
P.S. Valentine and S.J. Johnson,
The life history of Telicota brachydesma Lower (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae),
Australian Entomologist,
Volume 27, Number 4 (2000), pp. 103-108.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 8 February 2009, 28 January 2026)