Taractrocera papyria: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Taractrocera
- Species
- Taractrocera papyria
- Scientific Name
- Taractrocera papyria
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Taractrocera papyria
Taractrocera papyria, the white-banded grass-dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The Western Australian subspecies lacks the white markings of the nominate species.
The larvae feed on Phragmites australis, Microlaena stipoides, Imperata cylindrica, Echinopogon caespitosus, Cynodon dactylon, Austrostipa scabra, Austrodanthonia, Carex gaudichaudiana, Paspalum dilatatum, Oryza sativa, Pennisetum clandestinum, Ehrharta longiflora, Ehrharta calycina and Poa species. It constructs a shelter in which pupation takes place.
...Taractrocera papyria in languages:
- English
- White-banded Grass-dart
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Taractrocera anisomorpha
- Taractrocera archias
- Taractrocera ardonia
- Taractrocera ceramas
- Taractrocera danna
- Taractrocera dolon
- Taractrocera flavoides
- Taractrocera fusca
- Taractrocera ilia
- Taractrocera ina
- Taractrocera luzonensis
- Taractrocera maevius
- Taractrocera nigrolimbata
- Taractrocera papyria
- Taractrocera psammopetra
- Taractrocera tilda
- Taractrocera trikora































































































































































