Sabera fuliginosa
| Sabera fuliginosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Sabera |
| Species: | S. fuliginosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Sabera fuliginosa (Miskin, 1889) | |
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The White-fringed Swift (Sabera fuliginosa) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found along the north-east coast of Queensland, as well as in Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea.
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
The larvae feed on Calamus moti. During the day they hide in a shelter created by folding over the edge of a leaf of their hostplant and joining it with silk.
Subspecies
- Sabera fuliginosa fuliginosa (Queensland)
- Sabera fuliginosa chota (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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