Hesperilla donnysa
3 Varied Sedge-skipper at Tharwa, ACT
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| Hesperilla donnysa | SuziBond | 14 Jan 2019 | |
| Unverified | MatthewFrawley | 12 Jan 2019 |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
My guess at ID would be a male Varied Sedge-skipper, but I've never seen one before so unsure. Unable to get any other photos to show underwing patterns.
2 comments
15 Jan 2019
Congratulations on the first record of this species for CNM! Was it a lifer for you? Females are also on the wing at the moment but are harder to see.
Location information
- Maps Gibraltar Pines
- Places Tharwa, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Collections
- MatthewFrawley Skippers (Hesperiidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects Significant Pinned Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hesperilla donnysa
Species information
- Hesperilla donnysa Scientific name
- Varied Sedge-skipper Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1221.57m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- More than one media file
- GPS evidence of location