Sabera caesina

Sabera caesina, the white-clubbed swift or black and white swift, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in Queensland, Papua New Guinea, and in Indonesia in the Aru Islands and Papua.

Sabera caesina
Sabera caesina albifascia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Sabera
Species:	S. caesina
Binomial name
Sabera caesina (Hewitson, 1886)
Synonyms
Pamphila albifascia Miskin, 1889

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae of subspecies S. c. albifascia feed on Archontophoenix alexandrae, Normanbya normanbyi and Calamus caryotoides. S. c. barina probably feeds on Licula or Calamus species.

Subspecies

• Sabera caesina caesina
• Sabera caesina albifascia (Miskin, 1889) - black and white swift (northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland)
• Sabera caesina barina Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Papua New Guinea)

External links

• The Life History of Sabera fuliginosa fuliginosa (Miskin) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) and additional hostplants for the other members of the genus in Northern Queensland Archived 2011-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Australian Insects
• Australian Faunal Directory