Chaetocneme beata (Hewitson, 1867) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Chaetocneme beata (Hewitson, 1867)

Chaetocneme beata (Hewitson, 1867)

Chaetocneme beata is a Hesperiidae butterfly species found in Australian coastal upland rainforest edges.

Family
Genus
Chaetocneme
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Chaetocneme beata (Hewitson, 1867)

Chaetocneme beata, commonly called the common red-eye, eastern dull-flat, or eastern dusk-flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. This species is found in Australia, along the coast of Queensland and New South Wales, on the edges of upland rainforest. Its wingspan measures approximately 50 mm. The larvae of this butterfly feed on a range of different tree species, including Annona reticulata, Croton insularis, Eupomatia laurina, Cinnamomum camphora, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, and Lophostemon confertus.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Chaetocneme

More from Hesperiidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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