1. PaDIL Factsheet

Scientific Name: C. & R. Felder, 1867 (: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae)

Common Name Bronze Flat Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/vicbutterfly/Pest/Main/139685

Image Library Butterflies of Victoria Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/vicbutterfly/

Partners for Butterflies of Victoria image library 2. Species Information

2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Ross Field - Author: Ross Field Citation: Ross Field (2010) Bronze Flat(Netrocoryne repanda)Updated on 7/15/2010 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)

2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/vicbutterfly/Pest/Main/139685

2.3. Facets Ant associations: No Biology: Conservation Status: No Conservation Significance Foodplant : Sterculiaceae Habitat: Dry open eucalypt forests

2.4. Other Names Eastern Flat

2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult**, Wingspan 40 mm. Above golden-brown with 3 or 4 large central white spots and 3 smaller bands near the apex of the FW; HW with a conspicuous cream spot near the base; beneath, brown with similar spots to upperside.

**Egg,** brown, dome shaped, 1.1 mm x 0.8 mm, 16 longitudinal ribs.

**Larva**, 32 mm bluish-green with lateral bands of yellow, black and grey and a middorsal black line edged in white, prothorax and abdominal segments 7 to 9 yellow with blacks spots, head black.

**Pupa**, 19 mm dark purple with anterior lateral projections, abdomen covered in white waxy powder with brown intersegmental lines.

2.6. References Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls [108] 3. Diagnostic Images

Victoria Victoria Adult female: Ross Field Private Adult male set specimens: Rodney Start Museums Victoria

Victoria Victoria Dorsal egg view: Simon Hinkley Museums Kurrajong (Brachychiton populneus): Ross Victoria Field Private

Victoria Victoria Larva: Ross Field Private Lateral egg view: Simon Hinkley Museums Victoria

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