Barred Skipper Dispar compacta
Wingspan: 23mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Jan - Mar
Distribution: From Bunya Mountains QLD, through NSW, ACT, & Vic to Mount Gambier, SA.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon (numbers appear to be slowly growing each year).
Status Dorrigo Plateau: uncommon
Wingspan: 23mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Jan - Mar
Distribution: From Bunya Mountains QLD, through NSW, ACT, & Vic to Mount Gambier, SA.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon (numbers appear to be slowly growing each year).
Status Dorrigo Plateau: uncommon
Barred Skipper male, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 11 Feb 2016, 05.50pm
Barred Skipper female, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 8 Mar 2021, 1.00pm
Barred Skipper male, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 29 Feb 2008, 11.59am
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Barred Skipper female, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 8 Mar 2021, 1.00pm
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Barred Skipper male, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 1 Mar 2008, 12.33pm
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Barred Skipper male, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 1 Mar 2008, 12.33pm
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Barred Skipper male, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 11 Feb 2016, 10.45pm
Barred Skipper male, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 11 Feb 2016, 10.45am
Barred Skipper male, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 13 Feb 2016, 02.47pm
Barred Skipper Dispar compacta
Wingspan: 23mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Jan - Mar
Distribution: From Bunya Mountains QLD, through NSW, ACT, & Vic to Mount Gambier, SA.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon, (numbers appear to be slowly growing each year).
Status Dorrigo Plateau: uncommon
Butterfly Sightings:
Larva Sightings:
Larval Food Plants:
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Rainforest edge
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
Last autumn sighting - Dorrigo Plateau: March 2018
Interesting Facts:
March 2018 was a very good month to see this lovely small Skipper in our grass areas. We hope numbers are increasing each year.
The best time to get a photograph is when skipper's settle to either feed on paddock flowers or bask in the sun on blades of grass. Both are common actions for most Skippers.
Obtaining clear photographs ensures accurate identification of these small, similar looking, butterflies.
Wingspan: 23mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Jan - Mar
Distribution: From Bunya Mountains QLD, through NSW, ACT, & Vic to Mount Gambier, SA.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon, (numbers appear to be slowly growing each year).
Status Dorrigo Plateau: uncommon
Butterfly Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: Jan 2021, Feb 2015, 2016 (4), 2018, 2021(2), Mar 2008, 2015, 2018, 2021
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: None to date
Larva Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: None to date
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: None to date
Larval Food Plants:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: CYPERACEAE: Gahnia sp. LOMANDRACEAE: Lomandra sp. POACEAE: Poa labillardieri, Poa sieberiana,
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: (as for Claire Cottage)
- ELSEWHERE: (as for Dorrigo Plateau plus) POACEAE: Poa queenslandica, Poa tenera
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Rainforest edge
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
Last autumn sighting - Dorrigo Plateau: March 2018
Interesting Facts:
March 2018 was a very good month to see this lovely small Skipper in our grass areas. We hope numbers are increasing each year.
The best time to get a photograph is when skipper's settle to either feed on paddock flowers or bask in the sun on blades of grass. Both are common actions for most Skippers.
Obtaining clear photographs ensures accurate identification of these small, similar looking, butterflies.
