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Ocybadistes walkeri

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Ocybadistes walkeri

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Genus
  
Ocybadistes

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths


Similar
  
Ocybadistes, Trapezites symmomus, Butterflies and moths, Pelopidas lyelli, Neohesperilla

Ocybadistes walkeri, the greenish grass-dart, green grass-dart, southern dart or yellow-banded dart, is a type of butterfly known as a skipper found in eastern and southern Australia, with one subspecies found in the Northern Territory.

The larvae feed on Dianella, Brachypodium distachyon, Cynodon dactylon, Erharta erecta, Panicum maximum, Pennisetum clandestinum and Thuarea involuta.

Subspecies

  • Ocybadistes walkeri hypochlora (South Australia)
  • Ocybadistes walkeri olivia (Northern Territory, Western Australia)
  • Ocybadistes walkeri sothis (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria)

    • References

    Ocybadistes walkeri Wikipedia
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