Sabera caesina (Hewitson, 1866) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Sabera caesina (Hewitson, 1866)

Sabera caesina (Hewitson, 1866)

Sabera caesina is a Hesperiidae butterfly found in parts of Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia, with a ~30 mm wingspan.

Family
Genus
Sabera
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Sabera caesina (Hewitson, 1866)

Sabera caesina, commonly known as the white-clubbed swift or black and white swift, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Hesperiidae. Its known distribution includes Queensland in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the Aru Islands and Papua in Indonesia. This species has a wingspan of approximately 30 millimeters. The larvae of the subspecies S. c. albifascia feed on the plant species Archontophoenix alexandrae, Normanbya normanbyi, and Calamus caryotoides. Subspecies S. c. barina is thought to feed on species from either the Licula or Calamus genera.

Photo: (c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kai Squires · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Sabera

More from Hesperiidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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