Biology:Ocybadistes walkeri

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Ocybadistes walkeri
Green Grass-Dart.jpg
Green grass-dart skipper butterfly
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ocybadistes
Species:
O. walkeri
Binomial name
Ocybadistes walkeri
Heron, 1894

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.[1]

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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2712037 entry