1 White-banded Grass-dart at Banks, ACT
Identification history
| Taractrocera papyria | 6 Dec 2021 | SuziBond | ||
| Ocybadistes walkeri | 7 Apr 2019 | MatthewFrawley | ||
| Unidentified | 12 Mar 2019 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
Near a boggy part of a creek in Rob Roy Reserve, near the flood control dam, to the east of Banks.
3 comments
owenh
wrote:
24 Apr 2021
Respectfully suggest male White-banded Grass-dart (Taractrocera papyria). Note fore and hind wing markings and also nice image of male sex brand scales on forewing.
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
25 Apr 2021
Hi Michael B, I've asked Suzi to review this one in light of the comments from Owen.
Owen, many thanks for taking a second look at this one and providing your insight, hopefully we can get a correct ID after Suzi has reviewed.
Owen, many thanks for taking a second look at this one and providing your insight, hopefully we can get a correct ID after Suzi has reviewed.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108766-35.471579
- Altitude 658.0m
- Maps Rob Roy Range
- Places Banks, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 16 Feb 2019 05:42 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Skippers (Hesperiidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Taractrocera papyria Scientific name
- White-banded Grass-dart Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1622.96m Recorded at altitude
- 261 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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