Synonyms

Toxidia parvulus

Other Common Names

Parvula Skipper

Notes

This is quite a common butterfly, but easily overlooked because they’re small and they don’t exactly show off much. When I first started this project Sydney had some wet years and I saw quite a few parvula in the nearby bush reserve. However in subsequent dry seasons I didn’t see any. Since around 2020 we’ve had more rainfall and these little skippers are becoming more numerous again.

Sightings

Ingleburn Reserve – March, April, September, October 2004; March, April 2005

Links

• The Complete Field Guide to Australian Butterflies (2nd edition) by Michael F. Braby
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Don Herbison-Evans’ Australian Butterflies website
• Australian Nature Photography
• Tobias Westmeier’s website
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility
• Canberra Nature Map
• iNaturalist