Ocybadistes walkeri

Ocybadistes walkeri
Green Grass-Dart Skipper Butterfly
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Ocybadistes
Species:	O. walkeri
Binomial name
Ocybadistes walkeri Heron, 1894

Ocybadistes walkeri, commonly known as the Greenish Grass-dart, Green Grass-dart, Southern Dart or Yellow-banded Dart, is a type of butterfly known as a Skipper found in eastern and southern Australia, with one subspecies found in the Northern Territory.^[1]

The larvae feed on Dianella, Brachypodium distachyon, Cynodon dactylon, Erharta erecta, Panicum maximum, Pennisetum clandestinum and Thuarea involuta.

Subspecies

• Ocybadistes walkeri hypochlora (South Australia)
• Ocybadistes walkeri olivia (Northern Territory, Western Australia)
• Ocybadistes walkeri sothis (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria)

References

1. ^ Braby, Michael F. (2005). The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 94. ISBN 0-643-09027-4.