Barred Skipper at Paddys River, ACT
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
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
8 Feb 2018
Thanks Suzi, looking at the field guide I can see now that this is a male Barred Skipper.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.912121-35.465268
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Feb 2018 11:01 AM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dispar compacta Skippers (Hesperiidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
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 1478.86m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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