Antipodia atralba (Diamond Sand-skipper)

Other Common Names

Black and White Skipper

Notes

I’d never seen this butterfly in the wild. My mate Alex in SA sent me up a few specimens he’d caught – they survived the trip so I took some pics of them. I very much wantdc to see them for real, as I spent some time watching their close relative A. dactyliota when I was in Perth, and enjoyed them a lot.

I finally saw the butterfly in the wild on my trip to SA in November 2017. I saw several worn specimens at the top of low limestone cliffs at Hallett Cove Conservation Park, and then one or two fresher specimens inland at Ngarkat CP.

Sightings

Hallett Cove Conservation Park, SA – November 2017
Ngarkat Conservation Park, SA – November 2017

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