Hesperilla flavescens

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Hesperilla flavescens
Other forms of name
Flavescens skipper
Yellow donnysa skipper
Yellowish skipper
Yellowish skipper butterfly
See Also From tracing topical name
Hesperilla
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q3283764
Library of congress: sh 98001268
Sources of Information
  • Crosby, D.F. A management plan for the Altona skipper butterfly Hesperilla flavescens flavescens Waterhouse (Lepidoptera:Hesperiidae), 1990:p. 5 ("The common or vernacular (English) name given to H. flavescens has been variable. Waterhouse (1932) used yellow donnysa skipper. McCubbin (1971) used flavescens skipper; Common and Waterhouse (1972; 1981) used yellowish skipper, an appropriate name. However, as a result of public and political interest the name 'Altona skipper' has recently become widely used in Victoria ...")
  • New, T.R. Name that insect, 1996:p. 152 (Hesperilla flavescens)
  • Common, I.F.B. Butterflies of Australia, 1972:p. 115 (Hesperilla flavescens. Two subspp., H. flavescens flavescens in Victoria, and H. flavescens flavia in S. Aust.)
  • Threatened species in Australia, via WWW, March 2, 1998:invertebrate index (Yellowish skipper butterfly, Hesperilla flavescens)