Pale Grass Dart - Telicota colon argeus

Family HESPERIIDAE

This page contains information and pictures about Pale Grass Dart Butterflies in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 20mm

 

This butterfly is standard orange-brown of the dart colours. For the male, on his forewings there is the colon marking. The caterpillar feed on various kinds of grasses. 

 

 

 

We found this butterfly once in Karawatha Forest near the Lagoon. 

 

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Reference:

1. Australian Butterflies - Charles McCubbin, Nelson, Sydney, 1971. p174

2. Telicota colon argeus - Australian Caterpillars, Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2005.

3. The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia - Michael F Braby, Australian National University, CSIRO 2004, p100. 

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