Sabera dobboe | |
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Sabera dobboe autoleon | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Sabera |
Species: | S. dobboe |
Binomial name | |
Sabera dobboe (Plötz, 1883) |
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The Yellow-streaked Swift or Miskin's Swift (Sabera dobboe) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Queensland, Papua New Guinea, the Aru Islands, Irian Jaya and the Kei Islands.
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Cordyline terminalis, Cordyline australis, Cordyline stricta and Cordyline cannifolia. It lives in a tubular shelter made in a curled leaf of the host plant.