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Dispar Skipper - male
Dispar compacta
-37.9607, 145.244
Field Notes
Description:
A beautiful small butterfly with a wing span of about 20mm. The head and thorax appeared to be covered with olive-green "fur". The wings although generally grey on the upper side, shimmered with shades of purple. There were clearly defined pale patches on both sides of the wings.
Pics #1 & #2 show a grey-coloured set of patches on the fore wing. This indicates that this butterfly is male.
Habitat:
Open grasslands.
caterpillars feed on species of grass, sedge and rush.
Notes:
The caterpillar of this butterfly feeds on tussock grass.
This butterfly was spotted on a reserve.
It was difficult to take better pictures of the butterfly's wings. It was extremely windy and even the butterfly had a hard time staying put. This is a truly beautiful butterfly -very well camouflaged. I saw another one of these in a national park last week -they are around.
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Trapezitinae
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