Hesperilla munionga
3 Alpine Sedge-Skipper at Cotter River, ACT
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| Hesperilla munionga | SuziBond | 14 Mar 2017 | |
| Hesperilla munionga | MatthewFrawley | 13 Mar 2017 |
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Suzi, I'm unsure if this is a male or female, but perhaps you can tell. Couldn't get a photo with wings open.
4 comments
14 Mar 2017
Thanks Suzi, was a huge thrill to get a photo of this guy, one of my target species for the day on a climb to the summit of Mt Gingera.
14 Mar 2017
Yes, they are a stunning little butterfly. Sounds like a great walk. What other highland butterfly species did you encounter?
14 Mar 2017
Seemed to be Silver Xenica everywhere, a few Common Brown, the Australian Painted Lady, and another species I'll upload tonight, which I'm not sure of.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.782383-35.568511
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Mar 2017 12:23 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- Dandelion Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hesperilla munionga Skippers (Hesperiidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Hesperilla munionga Scientific name
- Alpine Sedge-Skipper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1830.2m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Oreisplanus munionga
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