Rare White-spot Rush-skipper
Anterior
Flinders Ranges
Rayed Blue
Outside
 
                      
Rare White-spot Rush-skipper (Trapezites luteus ssp luteus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Skippers (Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Rare White-spot Rush-skipper (Trapezites luteus ssp luteus)
This Photo:     Ventral
Synonym: Trapezites lutea ssp lutea
Other name: Rare White-spot Skipper

Thank you Matt Endacott for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Flinders Ranges and possibly elsewhere

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