Other Common Names

Small Dingy Skipper

Notes

I saw a couple of these at the top of Spring Mountain, QLD. They were flying around right at ground level, settling occasionally, and chasing anything else that flew close to the ground.
It seems likely that the “Top End” form I saw at Mount Burrell (a.k.a. Burrell’s Trig) in April 2024 is an undescribed subspecies, so I have treated it as a subspecies in anticipation of it being formally described in the future.

Sightings

Spring Mountain, QLD – November 2008
Glacier Rock, near Cairns – September 2012
Mount Burrell, NT – April 2024

Links

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