Sword-brand Grass-skipper (previously known as Hesperilla xiphiphora) TRAPEZITINAE, HESPERIIDAE, HESPERIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Andy Young and Rowan Moore)
These Caterpillars are thought to feed on :
The adults are dark brown with pale yellow spots on the upper surfaces. The undersides are paler versions of their upper surfaces. The males have a thick short black sex brand on each forewing. The butterflies have a wingspan of about 3 cms.
This species is found in
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, pp 126-127.
Oswald B. Lower,
Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 35 (1911), pp. 130-131, No. 30.
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(updated 8 May 2006, 5 January 2024)