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title: "Yellow-banded Dart"
description: "Ocybadistes walkeri — Insetos e aranhas. Ocybadistes walkeri, the greenish grass-dart, green grass-dart, southern dart or yellow-banded dart, is a type of butterfly known as a skipper found in eastern and southern Australia, with one subspecies found in the Northern Territory."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/yellow-banded-dart
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-banded Dart

> Ocybadistes walkeri — Insetos e aranhas. Ocybadistes walkeri, the greenish grass-dart, green grass-dart, southern dart or yellow-banded dart, is a type of butterfly known as a skipper found in eastern and southern Australia, with one subspecies found in the Northern Territory.

- Scientific name: *Ocybadistes walkeri*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 10950
- Wikidata: [Q2712037](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2712037)
- iNaturalist taxon: [323071](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/323071)

## Names

- en: Yellow-banded Dart

## Countries with the most observations

AU (10607)

## Summary

Ocybadistes walkeri, the greenish grass-dart, green grass-dart, southern dart or yellow-banded dart, is a type of butterfly known as a skipper found in eastern and southern Australia, with one subspecies found in the Northern Territory.
The larvae feed on Dianella, Brachypodium distachyon, Cynodon dactylon, Erharta erecta, Panicum maximum, Pennisetum clandestinum and Thuarea involuta.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocybadistes_walkeri

## Photo

![Yellow-banded Dart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-banded-dart/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/333787474

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-banded-dart?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).