Summary ²

Trapezites phigalioides, commonly known as the montane ochre or phigalioides skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to Australia, where it occurs in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and Victoria. It occurs primarily in open eucalypt forests, often overlapping with the closely related heath ocre (Trapezites phigalia).

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1. (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Bailey
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapezites_phigalioides

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