Bob's Butterflies

Yellow-streaked Swift

Sabera dobboe

Skippers (Hesperiidae)

Also called Miskin's Swift

The Yellow-streaked Swift (Sabera dobboe) is a butterfly found in Australia, in the family Hesperiidae, the skippers. This site lists one subspecies: Sabera dobboe autoleon. Its caterpillars are known to feed on 4 plants, including Cordyline australis, Cordyline cannifolia and Cordyline fruticosa. This page has 4 photos of its life cycle (final instar caterpillars and pupae) by Bob Miller.

Subspecies

Life cycle of the Yellow-streaked Swift

Yellow-streaked Swift caterpillars (final instar)

  • Final instar larva, side view: Yellow-streaked Swift (Sabera dobboe autoleon)
    Side view
  • Final instar larva, top view: Yellow-streaked Swift (Sabera dobboe autoleon)
    Top view

Yellow-streaked Swift pupae

  • Pupa, side view: Yellow-streaked Swift (Sabera dobboe autoleon)
    Side view
  • Pupa, top view: Yellow-streaked Swift (Sabera dobboe autoleon)
    Top view

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

4 known food plants.