Palm butterfly?

Steve Law steve at solitary-sound.com
Wed Mar 10 18:41:11 EST 1999


In article <920813854snz at nwjones.demon.co.uk>, Neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk wrote:

> I am searching for a lepidopterous name associated with palm trees.
> Specifically I am looking for the scientific name of a butterfly
> which  has the word palm in its common English name. I cannot
> think of one. Can anyone help me?

In Australia we have several Hesperiidae that feed on palms. The commom
names of a couple of these are the Yellow Palmdart and the Orange
Palmdart.
 The Palmfly (Elymnias agondas australiana) also occurs in far northern
Australia.


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