Suniana sunias
| Suniana sunias | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Taractrocerini |
| Genus: | Suniana |
| Species: | S. sunias |
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| Suniana sunias (C. Felder, 1860) | |
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The Wide-brand Grass-dart (Suniana sunias sunias) or Orange Dart (Suniana sunias sauda) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory and Queensland), Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
The wingspan is about 25 mm.
The larvae feed on Sorghum verticilliflorum, Paspalum urvillei, Panicum maximum, Leersia hexandra and other Leersia species. They rest in a shelter made from blades of their host plant joined with silk.
Subspecies
- Suniana sunias sunias (Indonesia)
- Suniana sunias rectivitta (Mabille, 1878) (New South Wales, Queensland)
- Suniana sunias sauda Waterhouse, 1937 (Northern Territory)
- Suniana sunias tanus (Plötz, 1885) (New Guinea)
- Suniana sunias nihana (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
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