The main larval food plant is Themeda triandra, they also feed on the introduced Panicum maximum.
| Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks |
| Mycalesis perseus - Dingy Bush-brown | ||
| All-Leps DNA barcoding | Satyrinae, Nymphalidae |
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It is very common
in savannah woodland and open eucalypt forest where there are grasses. The main larval food plant is Themeda triandra, they also feed on the introduced Panicum maximum. |
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