Hesperilla flavescens
| Hesperilla flavescens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Hesperilla |
| Species: | H. flavescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Hesperilla flavescens Waterhouse, 1927 | |
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The Yellow Sedge-skipper or Yellowish Skipper (Hesperilla flavescens) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in South Australia and Victoria.
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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