Toxidia thyrrhus (Dusky Grass-skipper)

Other Common Names

Thyrrhus Skipper

Notes

I saw quite a number of males near Atherton and Herberton on New Year’s Day 2009. They were all males, defending territories on or right next to the paths I was walking along. At first it was overcast, and they all sat with their wings closed, but as the day brightened they began to open their wings up.
I didn’t see any females, as far as I was aware – presumably they were somewhere in the leech-infested grass beside the path. I suppose I’d have got some shots of females if I wasn’t such a wimp about leeches.

Sightings

Atherton, QLD – January 2009
Herberton, QLD – January 2009
Trinity Park, QLD – April 2011
Forty Mile Scrub, QLD – February 2020

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