''Ocybadistes knightorum'' (common name - Black grass dart) is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...
in the family
Hesperiidae, first described in 1994 by Trevor A. Lambkin and John F. Donaldson.
It is endemic to
New South Wales
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It has a very limited distribution in the
Boambee area.
The
IUCN Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biol ...
lists ''Ocybadistes knightorum'' as an endangered species, because of its limited known distribution, and its habitat under threat from weed invasion, sea-rise and continued development.
The butterflies are restricted to coastal grassy open-forest areas, that are usually next to mangroves.
[
The larvae feed on the grass, '' Alexfloydia repens''.]
References
External links
Image of ''Ocybadistes knightorum'' at ento.csiro.au
Taractrocerini
Butterflies described in 1994
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