Taractrocera dolon
Species of butterfly / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Taractrocera dolon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Taractrocera |
Species: | T. dolon |
Binomial name | |
Taractrocera dolon (Plötz, 1884) | |
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The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The larvae feed on Sorghum verticilliflorum.