Mottled Grass-skipper
Head
Ellura
Mottled Grass-skipper
Iridescence
 
                      
Mottled Grass-skipper (Anisynta cynone ssp cynone)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Skippers (Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Mottled Grass-skipper (Anisynta cynone ssp cynone)
This Photo:     🔍Upperwing🔎
Other name: Cynone Skipper

Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† & Matt Endacott for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere

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This species is classed as V (Vulnerable) on the South Australian Butterflies & Moths website