Trapezites eliena
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| Family: | Hesperiidae
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| Genus: | Trapezites
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| Species: | T. eliena
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| Trapezites eliena Hewitson, 1868
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Trapezites eliena, the orange ochre, is a small-sized butterfly endemic to Australia.
Sexual dimorphism and mating[]
Both sexes fly swiftly, frequently settling close to the ground. Males hilltop often, establishing territories by perching.
Larvae[]
Larval food is Lomandra confertifolia.
Distribution[]
Common everywhere along the Great Dividing Range up to 1200 m.
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Categories:
- Trapezitinae
- Butterflies of Australia
- Butterflies described in 1868
- Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
- Hesperiidae stubs