Species Hesperilla ornata (Leach, 1814)

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Species Hesperilla ornata (Leach, 1814)

Spotted Sedge-skipper

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914] [185]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Gahnia grandis (Labill.) S.T.Blake [CYPERACEAE] Brickmakers Sedge; Gahnia aspera (R.Br.) Spreng. [CYPERACEAE] Red-berried Saw-sedge; Gahnia clarkei Benl [CYPERACEAE] Tall Sawsedge; Gahnia radula (R.Br.) Benth. [CYPERACEAE] Thatch Saw-sedge; Carex brunnea Murray [CYPERACEAE]; Carex longebrachiata R.Br. ex Boeck. [CYPERACEAE]; Gahnia erythrocarpa R.Br. [CYPERACEAE]; Gahnia melanocarpa R.Br. [CYPERACEAE]; Gahnia sieberiana Kunth [CYPERACEAE]).

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
04-Feb-2023	PAPILIONOIDEA	22-Dec-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby (ANU)
13-May-2022	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
26-Feb-2021	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
06-Sep-2017	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017	HESPERIIDAE	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
05-Mar-2013		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED

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