| Northern Sedge-darter (previously known as Pamphila eurotas) HESPERIINAE, HESPERIIDAE, HESPERIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Martin Lagerwey, Mareeba, Queensland)
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| Northern Sedge-darter (previously known as Pamphila eurotas) HESPERIINAE, HESPERIIDAE, HESPERIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Martin Lagerwey, Mareeba, Queensland)
This Caterpillar is translucent pale blue, green, and yellow, with a dark brown head, and a hairy tail having two black stripes. It lives in a shelter made from foodplant leaves joined with silk, and grows to a length of about 3 cms. It feeds on various Sedges (CYPERACEAE), including :
The upper surface of the adult butterfly is brown with yellow markings. The males have a grey patch on each forewing. Underneath, the wings are a paler brown, and only the forewings have yellow markings. The wing span is about 3 cms.
Various races of this species are found on
In Australia, the races of this species recognised include :
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, pp. 216-219,
and pp. 219-220..
Baron Cajetan von Felder,
Lepidopterorum Amboienensium species novae diagnosibus,
Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien,
Volume 40, Series 11 (1860), p. 461, No. 52.
Gustavus Athol Waterhouse,
On a new species of Heronympha and a new variety of Tisiphone abeona,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 62, Part 1 (1937), p. 34.
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(updated 17 July 2007, 5 January 2024)