Hesperilla picta (Painted Skipper)


Larval food plant is the large coastal sedge Gahnia clarkei. Distribution Cooroy in SE Qld to Wilsons Promontory, Vic.  Habitat mainly coastal lowlands in gullies and swamps (Braby).

http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hesp/picta.html


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