Sabera caesina
Sabera caesina, the white-clubbed swift or black and white swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in Queensland, Papua New Guinea, and in Indonesia in the Aru Islands and Papua.
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| Sabera caesina albifascia | |
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The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae of subspecies S. c. albifascia feed on Archontophoenix alexandrae, Normanbya normanbyi and Calamus caryotoides. During the day, it lives in a shelter made from a cut and folded leaf of the host plant. S. c. barina probably feeds on Licula or Calamus species.
Subspecies
- Sabera caesina caesina
- Sabera caesina albifascia (Miskin, 1889) - black and white swift (northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland)
- Sabera caesina barina Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Papua New Guinea)
External links
- The Life History of Sabera fuliginosa fuliginosa (Miskin) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) and additional hostplants for the other members of the genus in Northern Queensland
- Australian Insects
- Australian Faunal Directory
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