in the family CYPERACEAE. It feeds at dusk, resting by day in a shelter made by rolling and joing leaves together with silk at the base of a foodplant.

female
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

This adult male butterfly has dark brown forewings and with a dark splodge in the middle. The female forewings also have a number of white spots. The hind wings of both sexes are plain dark brown.

underside
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The undersides are paler versions of the upper surfaces. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

The eggs are white, and develop pink markings. They are laid on leaf litter near a tussock of a foodplant.

The species is found in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Further reading :

Michael F. Braby, Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, pp 140-141.

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