Sabera dobboe

Sabera dobboe, the yellow-streaked swift or Miskin's swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in Queensland, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia in the Aru Islands, Papua and the Kei Islands.

Sabera dobboe
Sabera dobboe autoleon
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S. dobboe
Binomial name
Sabera dobboe
(Plötz, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Pamphila autoleon Miskin, 1889

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.

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)


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