Woodlands Historic Park Insects

Grass Dart Butterfly at Woodlands Historic Park
Walker's Grass Dart Butterfly on a flower of Sticky Everlasting, early December.

Wingspan: 20 mm

This species and its native food plants do not naturally occur in Victoria, but is here now because the caterpillars are able to live on introduced Brome and Veldt grasses.

Classification

from Australian Faunal Directory

Order Lepidoptera - Moths and Butterflies, 10855 named species in Australia
Family HESPERIIDAE - Skippers, 127 species in Australia
Genus Ocybadistes (5 Species in Australia)
Species Ocybadistes walkeri sothis