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Eastern Ringed Xenica

Geitoneura acantha ocrea

Description:

About 34mm long. Underwing patterns include white brown and gold and three rings displayed.

Habitat:

In a local school grounds at midday.

Notes:

..Ocrea in SA and Vic. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...
family: NYMPHALIDAE
subfamily: SATYRINAE
tribe: Satyrini
subtribe: Coenonymphina
genus: Geitoneura
species: Geitoneura acantha
Distribution in Australia... http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...

1 Species ID Suggestions

Ringed Xenica or Eastern Ringed Xenica
Geitoneura acantha ocrea Museum Victoria [ed-online] Bioinformatics - Victorian Butterfly Database


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3 Comments

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

Sorry to jump the gun Mark, but... I've met its NSW cousin :-)
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/102...

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Verified! Thanks DP. I promise I was going to get back to it.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

Please verify :-)

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Feb 16, 2014
Submitted on Feb 16, 2014

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