Suniana sunias

Suniana sunias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Taractrocerini
Genus:	Suniana
Species:	S. sunias
Binomial name
Suniana sunias (C. Felder, 1860)
Synonyms
Pamphila sunias Felder, 1860 Pamphila rectivitta Mabille, 1878 Padraona nola Waterhouse, 1932 Padraona tanus nola Waterhouse, 1932 Suniana sauda Waterhouse, 1937 Padraona fasciata (Rothschild, 1916)

Suniana sunias is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Indonesia (Papua, Maluku), Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory and Queensland), Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

The larvae feed on Sorghum verticilliflorum, Paspalum urvillei, Panicum maximum, Leersia hexandra and other Leersia species. They rest in a shelter made from blades of their host plant joined with silk.

Subspecies

• Suniana sunias sunias (Indonesia) - wide-brand grass-dart
• Suniana sunias rectivitta (Mabille, 1878) (New South Wales, Queensland)
• Suniana sunias sauda Waterhouse, 1937 (Northern Territory) - orange dart
• Suniana sunias tanus (Plötz, 1885) (New Guinea)
• Suniana sunias nihana (Fruhstorfer, 1910)

External links

• Australian Insects
• Australian Faunal Directory