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Yellow Banded Dart Butterfly

Ocybadistes walkeri sothis

Habitat:

Grass beneath remnant coastal woody ridge, quite active

Notes:

Thanks to Mark Ridgeway for sub-species identification

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4 Comments

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 10 years ago

Glad you found it, was having trouble getting the Atlas pages to load. Thanks.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Just found it - 'sothis' is in NSW as it is here.

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 10 years ago

Thanks Mark

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

From memory this skipper is complicated by several sub-species which occupy different ranges. Maybe ALA (Atlas of Living Australia) has the sub-sp. that should be in your area.

StephenSolomons
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StephenSolomons

Australia

Spotted on Dec 1, 2013
Submitted on Dec 1, 2013

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