Biology:Ocybadistes knightorum
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Ocybadistes knightorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Ocybadistes |
| Species: | O. knightorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Ocybadistes knightorum Lambkin & Donaldson, 1994
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Ocybadistes knightorum (common name - Black grass dart) is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae, first described in 1994 by Trevor A. Lambkin and John F. Donaldson.[2][3] It is endemic to New South Wales.[2] It has a very limited distribution in the Boambee area.[2] The IUCN Red List lists Ocybadistes knightorum as an endangered species, because of its limited known distribution, and its habitat under threat from weed invasion, sea-rise and continued development.[1] The butterflies are restricted to coastal grassy open-forest areas, that are usually next to mangroves.[4][5]
The larvae feed on the grass, Alexfloydia repens.[6][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Andren, M.; Cameron, M.A. (2014). "Ocybadistes knightorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T64004480A64004482. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T64004480A64004482.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64004480/64004482. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Australian Faunal Directory: Ocybadistes knightorum" (in en). https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Ocybadistes_knightorum.
- ↑ , Wikidata Q100150446
- ↑ Taylor, G. S., Braby, M. F., Moir, M. L., Harvey, M. S., Sands, D. P. A., New, T. R., Kitching, R. L., McQuillan, P. B., Hogendoorn, K., Glatz, R. V., Andren, M., Cook, J. M., Henry, S. C., Valenzuela, I., and Weinstein, P., Wikidata Q106644080
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 , Wikidata Q100150524
- ↑ "Australian Faunal Directory: Host taxa for Ocybadistes knightorum Lambkin & Donaldson, 1994" (in en). https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Ocybadistes_knightorum/hosts.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7077170 entry
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