Hesperilla ornata, also known as the spotted skipper or spotted sedge-skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found along the non-tropical eastern seaboard of mainland Australia and in the adjacent mountain ranges.[1]
hesperilla, ornata, also, known, spotted, skipper, spotted, sedge, skipper, species, butterfly, family, hesperiidae, found, along, tropical, eastern, seaboard, mainland, australia, adjacent, mountain, ranges, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, king. Hesperilla ornata also known as the spotted skipper or spotted sedge skipper is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae It is found along the non tropical eastern seaboard of mainland Australia and in the adjacent mountain ranges 1 Hesperilla ornata Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Hesperiidae Genus Hesperilla Species H ornata Binomial name Hesperilla ornata Leach 1814 Synonyms Hesperia ornata Leach 1814 Telesto monotherm Lower 1907 Hesperilla monotherma Lower 1908 emend The wingspan is about 40 mm The larvae feed on various Carex and Gahnia species including Carex brunnea Carex longebrachiata Gahnia aspera Gahnia clarkei Gahnia erythrocarpa Gahnia grandis Gahnia melanocarpa Gahnia radula and Gahnia sieberiana 1 Subspecies editHesperilla ornata monotherm Lower 1907 Queensland Hesperilla ornata ornata Leach 1814 spotted skipper New South Wales Queensland Victoria References edit a b Braby Michael F 2004 Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia Collingwood Victoria CSIRO Publishing p 68 ISBN 0 643 09027 4 External links editAustralian Insects Australian Faunal Directory nbsp This Hesperiidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hesperilla ornata amp oldid 1142729291, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
