Dispar compacta

Barred Skipper at Paddys River, ACT

Dispar compacta at Paddys River, ACT - 3 Feb 2018
Dispar compacta at Paddys River, ACT - 3 Feb 2018
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Identification history

Dispar compacta 8 Feb 2018 SuziBond
Anisynta monticolae 4 Feb 2018 MatthewFrawley

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User's notes

Very fast and erratic flight at shrub level, interspersed with perching, very small butterfly.

2 comments

SuziBond wrote:
   8 Feb 2018
This is a male Barred Skipper.
   8 Feb 2018
Thanks Suzi, looking at the field guide I can see now that this is a male Barred Skipper.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • Acacia sp. Associated plant
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size
  • Unknown Gender

Species information

  • Dispar compacta Scientific name
  • Barred Skipper Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1372.1m Recorded at altitude
  • 225 images trained Machine learning
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