(one synonym : Hesperilla satulla)
Crocea Skipper
TRAPEZITINAE, HESPERIIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 19 March 2004)
male
(Picture: courtesy of
CSIRO Entomology)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 19 March 2004)
male
(Picture: courtesy of
CSIRO Entomology)
This Caterpillare is pale pinkish brown, with a brown thorax and a black head. The Caterpillar grows to a length of about 2 cms. It lives by day in a shelter made of a folded leaf joined with silk, feeding at night. It has been found on :
The butterflies of this species are dark brown on top and pale brown underneath. There are three pale spots on each forewing and a translucent spot on each hindwing. The males have a short grey line near the centre of the upperside of each forewing. The butterflies have a wingspan of about 3 cms.
The species is found New Guinea, and in coastal paperbark swamps in the Northern Territory and Cape York.
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby, Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, pp 127-128.
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