Trapezites maheta (Northern Silver Ochre)

Other Common Names

Maheta Skipper

Notes

This had been amongst my top target species for my trip to Brisbane in November 2008, but as things turned out it’s most common a few weeks earlier, and it was beginning to look as if I wouldn’t see it.  The one I finally saw was in a garden at Beerwah; it perched several times around the same area, but wasn’t being especially co-operative. 

Since then I’ve only photographed this species twice, at Atherton and Herberton, inland from Cairns. I’d love to get more photos of this butterfly.

Sightings

Beerwah, QLD – November 2008
Atherton, QLD – February 2018
Herberton, QLD – April 2021

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