Common Dart Butterfly
Scientific name: Ocybadistes flavovittatus
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Common Dart, Ocybadistes flavovittatus
Image: Andrew Donnelly
© Australian Museum
© Australian Museum
Fast Facts
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Classification
- Genus
- Ocybadistes
- Species
- flavovittatus
- Subfamily
- Hesperiinae
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Super Family
- Hesperioidea
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Class
- Insecta
- Subphylum
- Uniramia
- Phylum
- Arthopoda
- Kingdom
- Animalia
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- Size Range
- 2 cm
Introduction
The Common Dart is easily spotted in Sydney gardens with its orange and yellow wing patterns.
Habitat
The Common Dart lives in urban gardens, forests and woodlands, heath.
Distribution data sourced from the Atlas of Living Australia
Seasonality
The Common Dart is usually seen flying from September to May.
Life history cycle
The eggs of the Common Dart are laid individually on a blade of grass and when the small, green caterpillars emerge they are well camouflaged among the grass.
