Antipodia chaostola (Heath Sand-skipper)
23/10/2018
Zig Zag
23/10/2018
Zig Zag
04/12/2016
Zig Zag
04/12/2016
Zig Zag
Other Common Names
Chaostola Skipper
Notes
The NSW subspecies (chaostola) is extremely elusive, and seems to be almost never seen on the wing. The larvae are also few and far between, so I was fortunate that my butterflying mate Al showed me a larva he’d found in amongst loads of Hesperilla donnysa. I finally did get to photograph an adult in October 2018, but I think I’ll have to go to Victoria to get more/better shots; apparently their subspecies chares is a lot more cooperative.
Sightings
Zig Zag NSW – December 2016 (larva only)
Zig Zag – October 2018
Links
- The Complete Field Guide to Australian Butterflies (2nd edition) by Michael F. Braby
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Don Herbison-Evans’ Australian Butterflies website
- Bushpea
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- iNaturalist
- Threatened Species – Tasmania
- The Heath Sand-skipper ‘Antipodia chaostola‘ (Meyrick, 1888) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in Central Gippsland, Victoria by J Wainer and A Yen