Telicota paceka (Narrow-brand Darter)

Synonyms

This butterfly was previously classified as Telicota augias mesoptis, then as  Telicota mesoptis. In 2022 it was reclassified as Telicota paceka mesoptis.

Other Common Names

Lower’s Darter

Notes

I don’t tend to take a lot of pics of the Darters and Grass Darts around Cairns, as there’s a lot of them and they’re very hard to ID. I saw my first specimen on the Blue Arrow walk in the Mount Whitfield Conservation Park in April 2011, and I thought his small size and yellow colour would make an ID possible.

I’ve only come across a few more since then, though there were 3 or 4 of them feeding from flowers in Al’s garden at Kuranda in April 2021.

Sightings

Cairns – April 2011
Atherton – February 2018
Kuranda – February 2018, April 2021

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