Telicota ohara
Telicota ohara, the northern large darter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Oriental and Australian Regions, but not on the Pacific islands.
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The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Flagellaria indica. It constructs a shelter from a rolled leaf in which it hides by day. At night it emerges to feed on the base of the leaves around the shelter.
Subspecies
- Telicota ohara ohara (Plötz, 1883) – dark darter (Australia)
- Telicota ohara formosana Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Hong Kong)
- Telicota ohara jania Evans, 1949 (Marinduque, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros, Palawan, Polillo, Samar)
- Telicota ohara jix (Sikkim, Japan)
- Telicota ohara vedanga (Java)
- Telicota ohara jactus (Borneo)
- Telicota ohara iona (Buru)
- Telicota ohara ixion (Upper Aroa River)
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