Western Xenica (previously known as Xenica minyas) SATYRINAE, NYMPHALIDAE, PAPILIONOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Ken Harris, Western Australia)
The Caterpillar of this species is green with a rounded head. It feeds on various grasses (POACEAE), including the introduced:
The adults of this species are orange with brown veins and markings. They have an eyespot on each forewing, and a vestigial eyespot on each hindwing. Their wingspan is about 3.5 cms. They look like to a pale form of Geitoneura klugii.
The species has mainly been found in
occurs occasionally in
It has been suggested that it is present as two subspecies :
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 2, pp. 506-507.
Gustavus Athol Waterhouse & George Lyell,
The Butterflies of Australia,
Angus & Robertson, 1914, Sydney, p. 45, No. 47, and also
Plate 40, figs. 819, 820.
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(updated 20 March 2004, 6 December 2013, 16 March 2015, 12 March 2016)