Sabera caesina

Sabera caesina
Sabera caesina albifascia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sabera
Species: S. caesina
Binomial name
Sabera caesina
(Hewitson, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Pamphila albifascia Miskin, 1889

The White-clubbed Swift or Black & White Swift (Sabera caesina) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Queensland, Papua New Guinea, the Aru Islands and Irian Jaya.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae of subspecies albifascia feed on Archontophoenix alexandrae, Normanbya normanbyi and Calamus caryotoides. During the day, it lives in a shelter made from a cut and folded leaf of the hostplant. Sabera caesina barina probably feeds on Licula or Calamus species.

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