Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperiidae > Mesodina > Mesodina aeluropis

Mesodina aeluropis (Montane Iris Skipper)

Synonyms: Mesodina aleuropis

Wikipedia Abstract

Mesodina aeluropis, the aeluropis skipper or montane iris skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia. The wingspan is about 30 mm. The larvae feed on Patersonia sericea. They construct a cylindrical shelter made from joined leaves of its host plant where it rests during the day.
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Prey / Diet

Patersonia sericea[1]

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1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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