Ocybadistes walkeri Heron, 1894 is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ocybadistes walkeri Heron, 1894

Ocybadistes walkeri Heron, 1894

Ocybadistes walkeri is a skipper butterfly found in Australia whose larvae feed on a range of host plants.

Family
Genus
Ocybadistes
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ocybadistes walkeri Heron, 1894

Ocybadistes walkeri, formally described by Heron in 1894, is a skipper butterfly that has multiple common names: greenish grass-dart, green grass-dart, southern dart, and yellow-banded dart. This species is found across eastern and southern Australia; one of its subspecies occurs in the Northern Territory. The larvae of Ocybadistes walkeri feed on Dianella, Brachypodium distachyon, Cynodon dactylon, Erharta erecta, Panicum maximum, Pennisetum clandestinum, and Thuarea involuta.

Photo: (c) Roman Gaidier, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Roman Gaidier · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Ocybadistes

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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