Sabera dobboe
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The Yellow-streaked Swift or Miskin's Swift (Sabera dobboe) is a butterfly
of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Queensland
, Papua New Guinea
, the Aru Islands
, Irian Jaya and the Kei Islands.
The wingspan
is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Cordyline terminalis, Cordyline australis, Cordyline stricta
and Cordyline cannifolia
. It lives in a tubular shelter made in a curled leaf of the host plant.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
, the Aru Islands
Aru Islands
The Aru Islands are a group of about ninety-five low-lying islands in the Maluku province of eastern Indonesia. They also form a regency of Indonesia.-Geography:...
, Irian Jaya and the Kei Islands.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Cordyline terminalis, Cordyline australis, Cordyline stricta
Cordyline stricta
Cordyline stricta, known as the Slender Palm Lily, or Narrow-leaved Palm Lily is an evergreen Australian plant. A shrub to 5 metres tall found in wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest, usually on the coastal lowlands. From near Bilpin, New South Wales further north to Queensland. C...
and Cordyline cannifolia
Cordyline cannifolia
Cordyline cannifolia, is one of a several plants known as the Palm Lily. It is an evergreen Australian plant. A shrub to 5 metres tall though in other situations it may be fully grown at only 60 cm tall. Found only in Queensland and the Northern Territory in rainforests and wet eucalyptus forests...
. It lives in a tubular shelter made in a curled leaf of the host plant.
Subspecies
- Sabera dobboe dobboe (Papua New Guinea)
- Sabera dobboe autoleon (Miskin, 1889) - Miskin's Swift (northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland)
- Sabera dobboe hanova Evans, 1949 (northern New Britain and New Ireland on Papua New Guinea)