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Sabera fuliginosa

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Sabera fuliginosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sabera
Species:
S. fuliginosa
Binomial name
Sabera fuliginosa
(Miskin, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Pamphila fuliginosa Miskin, 1889
  • Telesto bicolor Rothschild, 1915

Sabera fuliginosa, the white-fringed swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia along the north-east coast of Queensland, as well as in Papua, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

The larvae feed on Calamus moti.

Subspecies

  • Sabera fuliginosa fuliginosa (Queensland)
  • Sabera fuliginosa chota (New Guinea)