Dispar compacta (Barred Skipper)

Other Common Names

Dispar Skipper

Notes

Until late March 2005, I only saw a couple of these beasties, but then I saw quite a lot of specimens in the Ingleburn Reserve. Most of the males, when settled, would remain in place for lengthy periods of time, and were easy to photograph. I found the females to be harder to find, and harder to approach.

In late January 2010 I saw a lot of these butterflies at Barrington Tops – they were all over the place. I don’t normally see them in such numbers, though I often find males hilltopping in the Blue Mountains in January to March.

Sightings

Lambeth Reserve, Picnic Point – March 2004
Waverton Park – April 2004
Ingleburn Reserve – March, April 2005
Jenolan – February 2008, February 2009
Kanangra Boyd National Park – February 2008
Wentworth Falls – February 2009
Barrington Tops National Park – January 2010

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