Bronze Flat
Netrocoryne repanda
Also called Eastern Flat
The Bronze Flat (Netrocoryne repanda) is a butterfly found in Australia, in the family Hesperiidae, the skippers. This site lists 2 subspecies: Netrocoryne repanda expansa and Netrocoryne repanda repanda. Its caterpillars are known to feed on 20 plants, including Cryptocarya triplinervis, Litsea breviumbellata and Litsea leefeana. This page has 6 photos of its life cycle (eggs, final instar caterpillars and pupae) by Bob Miller.
Subspecies
- Netrocoryne repanda expansa 6 photos
- Netrocoryne repanda repanda no photos yet
Life cycle of the Bronze Flat
Bronze Flat eggs
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Bronze Flat caterpillars (final instar)
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Bronze Flat pupae
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Photos by Bob Miller. Free to use for any purpose (CC0). Select a photo to enlarge it or download the original. Using these photos. Add your own photo of this butterfly.
Caterpillar food plants
20 known food plants.
- Acmena sp.
- Alectryon subcinereus
- Brachychiton populneus
- Callicoma serratifolia
- Cryptocarya erythroxylon
- Cryptocarya glaucescens
- Cryptocarya microneura
- Cryptocarya sp. aff. rigida
- Cryptocarya triplinervis
- Elaeocarpus reticulatus
- Endiandra sieberi
- Litsea bindoniana
- Litsea breviumbellata
- Litsea leefeana
- Lophostemon confertus
- Neolitsea dealbata
- Neolitsea sp.
- Notelaea longifolia
- Prunus sp.
- Scolopia braunii