Telicota eurotas

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Telicota eurotas
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Telicota
Species:
T. eurotas
Binomial name
Telicota eurotas
(Felder, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Pamphila eurotas Felder, 1860

Telicota eurotas, the sedge darter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia (the north-eastern coast of Queensland), the Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Maluku and Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on various sedges, including , Cladium procerum, , and Scleria sumatrensis. It lives in a shelter made from leaves of the hostplant joined with silk.

Subspecies[]

  • Telicota eurotas eurotas (Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
  • Telicota eurotas laconia Waterhouse, 1937 (north-eastern coast of Queensland)

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