Hesperilla flavescens

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.

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

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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