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Dodonidia helmsii (forest ringlet)

Wikipedia Abstract

The forest ringlet butterfly (Dodonidia helmsii), also known as Helms' butterfly, is a rare butterfly of the family Nymphalidae endemic to New Zealand. It is the only species in the genus Dodonidia.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  2.047 inches (.052 m)

Prey / Diet

Chionochloa conspicua[2]
Enteropogon unispiceus[2]
Gahnia pauciflora[2]
Gahnia procera[3]
Gahnia setifolia[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1BUTTERFLIES OF AUCKLAND, D.R. Cowley and J.M. Cowley, TANE 29, 1983, pp. 181-192
♦ 2New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0