Lurcher
The adult is brown with a broad orange stripe extending over both wings. The females have a white mark in the black tip of each forewing, and the males have a yellow one.
- Scientific Name
- Yoma sabina
- Feeds On
- Purple Waffle Plant (Hemigraphis Exotica)
- Usual Location
- Northern Territory and islands in Torres Strait
- Best Viewing
- Throughout the year
- Wing Span
- 7cm
- Caterpillar
- The caterpillar is cylindrical and black with a dashed orange and white line along each side. It is covered in black branched hairs.
- Chrysalis
- The pupa is suspended from a cremaster. It is brown and spiky, and has three white spots (one large, and two small) on each side.