Kingdom Animalia Family Hesperiidae Scientific name Chaetocneme beata Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Chaetocneme Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Netrocoryne repanda, Phaedyma shepherdi, Psychonotis caelius, Chaetocneme denitza | ||
Chaetocneme beata, the common red-eye, eastern dull-flat or eastern dusk-flat, is a species of butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Australia on the edges of the upland rainforest along the coast of Queensland and New South Wales.
The wingspan is about 50 mm.
The larvae feed on various trees, including Annona reticulata, Croton insularis, Eupomatia laurina, Cinnamomum camphora, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and Lophostemon confertus.
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