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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