Green Darter Telicota ancilla ancilla
Wingspan: 29 - 31mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: March
There are two subspecies Telicota ancilla baudina (restricted to northern WA & northern NT) and Telicota ancilla ancilla restricted to eastern Australia.
Distribution for ssp ancilla: From Cape York Peninsula, FNQ south through eastern QLD and eastern NSW to Merimbula NSW.
Status Claire Cottage: rare
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be rare
NOTE: Similar species: Two other Telicota Darters found in NSW, the Pale-orange (Telicota colon) and the Southern-large (Telicota anisodesma) and one Sedge-darter the Southern Sedge (Telicota eurychlora) have very similar markings and make identification of these four butterflies more difficult.
Wingspan: 29 - 31mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: March
There are two subspecies Telicota ancilla baudina (restricted to northern WA & northern NT) and Telicota ancilla ancilla restricted to eastern Australia.
Distribution for ssp ancilla: From Cape York Peninsula, FNQ south through eastern QLD and eastern NSW to Merimbula NSW.
Status Claire Cottage: rare
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be rare
NOTE: Similar species: Two other Telicota Darters found in NSW, the Pale-orange (Telicota colon) and the Southern-large (Telicota anisodesma) and one Sedge-darter the Southern Sedge (Telicota eurychlora) have very similar markings and make identification of these four butterflies more difficult.
Green Darter female, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 6 Mar 2021, 1.55 pm
Green Darter female, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 6 Mar 2021, 1.55 pm
Green Darter male, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 8 Mar 2019, 5.06 pm
Green Darter feeding on Parsonsia straminea flowers, Claire Cottage Dorrigo Plateau, 8 Mar 2019 5.06 pm
Green Darter Telicota ancilla ancilla
Wingspan: 29 - 31mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: March
There are two subspecies Telicota ancilla baudina (restricted to northern WA & northern NT) and Telicota ancilla ancilla restricted to eastern Australia.
Distribution for ssp ancilla: From Cape York Peninsula, FNQ south through eastern QLD and eastern NSW to Merimbula NSW.
Status Claire Cottage: rare
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be rare
NOTE: Similar species: Two other Telicota Darters found in NSW, the Pale-orange (Telicota colon) and the Southern-large (Telicota anisodesma) and one Sedge-darter the Southern Sedge (Telicota eurychlora) have very similar markings and make identification of these four butterflies more difficult.
Butterfly Sightings:
Larva Sightings:
Larval Food Plants:
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Rainforest edge
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
Last warm season sighting - Dorrigo Plateau: 08/03/19, 06/03/21,
Wingspan: 29 - 31mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: March
There are two subspecies Telicota ancilla baudina (restricted to northern WA & northern NT) and Telicota ancilla ancilla restricted to eastern Australia.
Distribution for ssp ancilla: From Cape York Peninsula, FNQ south through eastern QLD and eastern NSW to Merimbula NSW.
Status Claire Cottage: rare
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be rare
NOTE: Similar species: Two other Telicota Darters found in NSW, the Pale-orange (Telicota colon) and the Southern-large (Telicota anisodesma) and one Sedge-darter the Southern Sedge (Telicota eurychlora) have very similar markings and make identification of these four butterflies more difficult.
Butterfly Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: Mar 2019, 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 aspera; POACEAE: Imperata cylindrica (Blady Grass)
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: (as for Claire Cottage)
- ELSEWHERE: (as for Claire Cottage) plus POACEAE: Phragmites australis, *Paspalum urvillei, *Sorghum halepense,
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Rainforest edge
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
Last warm season sighting - Dorrigo Plateau: 08/03/19, 06/03/21,
