Suniana sunias (Wide-brand Grass-dart)

Suniana sunias rectivitta
Suniana sunias sauda

Other Common Names

Orange Dart, Southern Orange Dart

Notes

Most of the time I was in Cairns I paid little attention to the small skippers I saw, because I tend to find them really hard to identify, and there were usually other (more identifiable) butterflies around. But when I saw this butterfly settled in a grassy area I could tell it was sufficiently different for me to be able to tell which species it was. I took a number of photos, but for some reason most of them were out of focus. Oh well…

Sightings

Cairns – October 2005, April 2006, September 2008, December 2008
Townsville – December 2017
Darwin – April 2018, April 2024
Ourimbah, NSW – November 2018

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