Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 3 September 2001)
These Caterpillars feed on various grasses and cereals from the Grass family ( POACEAE ) including :
The adult butterflies are brown with a number of pale transparent spots on the forewings. The butterflies have a wingspam of about 3 cms.
This species occurs across south-east Asia :
as well as in the north of Australia.
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby, Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, p. 248.
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