Suniana lascivia, the dingy grass-dart or dingy dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia), Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
Suniana lascivia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Suniana |
Species: | S. lascivia
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Binomial name | |
Suniana lascivia (Rosenstock, 1885)
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The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The larvae feed on Panicum maximum and Imperata cylindrica species.
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