Taractrocera dolon, the sandy grass-dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales as well as Papua New Guinea.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Taractrocera |
Species: | T. dolon
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Binomial name | |
Taractrocera dolon (Plötz, 1884)
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Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The larvae feed on Sorghum verticilliflorum.
Subspecies
edit- Taractrocera dolon diomedes Waterhouse, 1933 (Northern Territory)
- Taractrocera dolon dolon (Plötz, 1884) (New South Wales, Queensland, Papua New Guinea, Louisiade Archipelago)
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