Wide-brand Grass-dart
Suniana sunias rectivitta
Also called Orange Dart, Southern Orange Dart
Suniana sunias rectivitta is a subspecies of the Wide-brand Grass-dart (Suniana sunias), a butterfly found in Australia, in the family Hesperiidae, the skippers. Its caterpillars are known to feed on 5 plants, including Panicum maximum, Leersia hexandra and Sorghum verticilliflorum. This page has 4 photos of its life cycle (final instar caterpillars and pupae) by Bob Miller.
Life cycle of the Wide-brand Grass-dart
Wide-brand Grass-dart caterpillars (final instar)
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Wide-brand Grass-dart 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
5 known food plants for this species.