Taractrocera dolon

Taractrocera dolon, the sandy grass-dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales as well as Papua New Guinea.

Taractrocera dolon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Taractrocera
Species:
T. dolon
Binomial name
Taractrocera dolon
(Plötz, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Apaustus dolon Plötz, 1884

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

The larvae feed on Sorghum verticilliflorum.

Subspecies

  • Taractrocera dolon diomedes Waterhouse, 1933 (Northern Territory)
  • Taractrocera dolon dolon (Plötz, 1884) (New South Wales, Queensland, Papua New Guinea, Louisiade Archipelago)


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