Yellow-banded Dart

Ocybadistes walkeri

Ocybadistes walkeri is a type of butterfly known as a skipper found in eastern and southern Australia, with one subspecies found in the Northern Territory.
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Naming

*"Ocybadistes walkeri hypochlora"
⤷ "Ocybadistes walkeri olivia"
⤷ "Ocybadistes walkeri sothis"
Yellow banded dart - Ocybadistes walkeri Spider legs on right Australia,Fall,Geotagged,Ocybadistes walkeri,Yellow-banded Dart

Food

The larvae feed on "Dianella", "Brachypodium distachyon", "Cynodon dactylon", "Erharta erecta", "Panicum maximum", "Pennisetum clandestinum" and "Thuarea involuta".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyHesperiidae
GenusOcybadistes
SpeciesO. walkeri
Photographed in
Australia