both of POACEAE.

(Specimen: courtesy of The Australian Museum)

The adult butterfly is dark brown with an orange shading across the wings, and with a series of white spots on each fore wing which are actually translucent. These are the origin of its name: 'hyalos' in Greek means 'glass'.

underside
(Specimen: courtesy of The Australian Museum)

The underside is nearly identical to the upper surface, but paler. The wing span is about 3 cms.

The species is found New Guinea, and in northern New South Wales, in Queensland, and in the Northern Territory.

Further reading :

Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, pp. 242-243.

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