SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES

Hesperilla donnysa donnysa Hewitson  (Donnysa Sedge-skipper)
Hesperilla donnysa donnysa form delos Waterhouse  (Donnysa Sedge-skipper)
Hesperilla donnysa donnysa form flavescens Waterhouse  (Yellowish Sedge-skipper)

Male dark form delos (from the Lower Southeast)

An intermediate male form diluta (from Victor Harbor)

Male form flavescens (from Yorke Peninsula)

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Female dark form, from the Lower Southeast

Photography by R. Grund

Photography by Robert Fisher

An intermediate male form (near flavescens)

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Photography by R. Grund

Female form flavescens on left, newly emerged and heavy with eggs.
Male form flavescens on right.  Both are from Yorke Peninsula