Telicota eurotas, the sedge darter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia (the north-eastern coast of Queensland), the Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Maluku and Papua New Guinea.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Telicota |
| Species: | T. eurotas
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| Telicota eurotas (Felder, 1860)
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The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on various sedges, including Carex polyantha, Cladium procerum, Scleria ciliaris, Scleria polycarpa and Scleria sumatrensis. It lives in a shelter made from leaves of the hostplant joined with silk.
Subspecies
edit- Telicota eurotas eurotas (Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
- Telicota eurotas laconia Waterhouse, 1937 (north-eastern coast of Queensland)
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