Ocybadistes ardea, the dark orange dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Indonesia (Papua, the Aru Islands, the Kei Islands), Australia (Queensland) and Papua New Guinea.

Ocybadistes ardea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ocybadistes
Species:
O. ardea
Binomial name
Ocybadistes ardea
Synonyms
  • Apaustus heterobathra Lower, 1908
  • Taractrocera udraka Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Padraona ardea Rothschild, 1915
  • Ocybadistes ardea lucia Evans, 1934

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

Subspecies

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  • Ocybadistes ardea ardea
  • Ocybadistes ardea heterobathra
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