Ocybadistes flavovittatus

Ocybadistes flavovittatus, the common dart or narrow-brand grass-dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia) and Papua New Guinea.[1]

Ocybadistes flavovittatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ocybadistes
Species:
O. flavovittatus
Binomial name
Ocybadistes flavovittatus
(Latreille, [1824])
Synonyms
  • Ocybadistes flavovittata (Latreille, 1824)
  • Hesperia flavovittata Latreille, 1824
  • Padraona hespera hespera Waterhouse, 1932
  • Ocybadistes flavovittata ceres Waterhouse, 1933

The wingspan is about 15 mm.

The larvae feed on various grasses.

Subspecies
  • Ocybadistes flavovittatus flavovittatus (New South Wales, Queensland)
  • Ocybadistes flavovittatus vesta (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

References
  1. "Species Ocybadistes flavovittatus (Latreille, 1824)". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2023-03-27.


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