Trapezites sciron (Sciron Ochre)
22/10/2022
Koondoola WA
30/10/2008
Koondoola, WA
30/10/2008
Koondoola, WA
30/10/2008
Koondoola, WA
30/10/2008
Koondoola, WA
30/10/2008
Koondoola, WA
30/10/2008
Koondoola, WA
31/10/2008
Koondoola, WA
31/10/2008
Koondoola, WA
31/10/2008
Koondoola, WA
31/10/2008
Koondoola, WA
31/10/2008
Koondoola, WA
31/10/2008
Koondoola, WA
31/10/2008
Koondoola, WA
05/11/2017
Ngarkat Conservation Park, SA
05/11/2017
Ngarkat Conservation Park, SA
05/11/2017
Ngarkat Conservation Park, SA
05/11/2017
Ngarkat Conservation Park, SA
05/11/2017
Ngarkat Conservation Park, SA
05/11/2017
Ngarkat Conservation Park, SA
05/11/2017
Ngarkat Conservation Park, SA
05/11/2017
Ngarkat Conservation Park, SA
06/11/2017
Ngarkat Conservation Park, SA
06/11/2017
Ngarkat Conservation Park, SA
06/11/2017
Ngarkat Conservation Park, SA
Other Common Names
Mallee Ochre, Sciron Skipper
Notes
I saw these butterflies at Koondoola and Warwick on my first trip to Perth in 2008. I was looking for this species there, but at first I didn’t recognise it because all the specimens I saw were worn and hardly had any markings on the underside. They were, in fact, the drabbest Trapezites butterflies I’ve seen – no doubt they’re a bit more colourful when they’re freshly emerged, though still the least pretty of their genus. If T. symmomus is known as the Splendid Ochre perhaps this species should be called the “Medi Ochre” 🙂
Being a big fan of Trapezites in general, I was very happy to get shots of the subspecies eremicola in the Ngarkat Conservation Park in November 2017. They were no more colourful than the WA version, but still interesting to observe.
Sightings
Koondoola and Warwick, WA – October 2008
Ngarkat Conservation Park, SA – November 2017