Spotted Sedge-skipper

Hesperilla ornata

The Spotted Skipper or Spotted Sedge-skipper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found along the non-tropical eastern seaboard of mainland Australia and in the adjacent mountain ranges. The wingspan is about 40 mm.
Spotted skipper (Hesperilla ornata) Small to medium 40mm wingspan butterfly. Top view chocolate brown with several small rectangles of cream and yellow. The area was dense with Ghania and Sedges - both the known food plants for this species. One of the cutest butterfly faces I've seen. Australia,Geotagged,Hesperilla ornata,Spring

Naming

*''Hesperilla ornata monotherm''
⤷ ''Hesperilla ornata ornata'' - Spotted Skipper

Food

The larvae feed on various ''Carex'' and ''Gahnia'' species, including ''Carex brunnea'', ''Carex longebrachiata'', ''Gahnia aspera'', ''Gahnia clarkei'', ''Gahnia erythrocarpa'', ''Gahnia grandis'', ''Gahnia melanocarpa'', ''Gahnia radula'' and ''Gahnia sieberiana''.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyHesperiidae
GenusHesperilla
SpeciesH. ornata
Photographed in
Australia