Hesperilla flavescens

Hesperilla flavescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Hesperilla
Species: H. flavescens
Binomial name
Hesperilla flavescens
Waterhouse, 1927
Synonyms
  • Hesperilla donnysa flavescens Waterhouse, G.A. 1927
  • Hesperilla donnysa flavia Waterhouse, G.A. 1941

Hesperilla flavescens, the yellow sedge-skipper or yellowish skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Australian states of South Australia and Victoria.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Gahnia filum.

Subspecies

  • Hesperilla flavescens flavescens Altona skipper butterfly (near Altona and Ararat, in Victoria)
  • Hesperilla flavescens flavia (near Adelaide in South Australia)


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