Sabera dobboe
| Sabera dobboe | |
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| Sabera dobboe autoleon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Sabera |
| Species: | S. dobboe |
| Binomial name | |
| Sabera dobboe (Plötz, 1883) | |
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The Yellow-streaked Swift or Miskin's Swift (Sabera dobboe) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Queensland, Papua New Guinea, the Aru Islands, Irian Jaya and the Kei Islands.
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Cordyline terminalis, Cordyline australis, Cordyline stricta and Cordyline cannifolia. It lives in a tubular shelter made in a curled leaf of the host plant.
Subspecies
- Sabera dobboe dobboe (Papua New Guinea)
- Sabera dobboe autoleon (Miskin, 1889) - Miskin's Swift (northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland)
- Sabera dobboe hanova Evans, 1949 (northern New Britain and New Ireland on Papua New Guinea)
External links
- The Life History of Sabera fuliginosa fuliginosa (Miskin) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) and additional hostplants for the other members of the genus in Northern Queensland
- Australian Insects
- Australian Faunal Directory
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