Taractrocera dolon

Taractrocera dolon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Taractrocerini
Genus: Taractrocera
Species: T. dolon
Binomial name
Taractrocera dolon
(Plötz, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Apaustus dolon Plötz, 1884

Taractrocera dolon, the sandy grass-dart, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Australia in the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales as well as Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

The larvae feed on Sorghum verticilliflorum.

Subspecies

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