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Arrhenes dschilus (Iris Skipper)

Synonyms: Apaustus colattus; Apaustus dschilus; Padraona iris; Telicota klossii

Wikipedia Abstract

The Iris Skipper or Scrub Darter (Arrhenes dschilus) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in New Guinea and Queensland. The wingspan is about 30 mm. The larvae feed on Imperata cylindrica, Panicum maximum and Saccharum officinarum.
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Infraspecies

Arrhenes dschilus decora
Arrhenes dschilus dschilus

Prey / Diet

Imperata cylindrica (alang-alang)[1]
Megathyrsus maximus (Guinea Grass)[2]
Saccharum officinarum (sugarcane)[1]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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