SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES

Motasingha trimaculata trimaculata (Tepper)   (Dingy four-spot Sedge-skipper)

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Foodplant Lepidosperma viscidum (foreground)
growing on a rocky hillside on northern Eyre peninsula

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Closeup of foodplant Lepidosperma viscidum

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Foodplant Lepidosperma carphoides growing on sand

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Closeup of foodplant Lepidosperma carphoides
showing the 'flying bird' flower heads

Photography by R. Grund