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Chaetocneme critomedia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Chaetocneme critomedia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Chaetocneme

Rank
  
Species

Chaetocneme critomedia

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Chaetocneme critomedia, the banded red-eye or banded dusk-flat, is a species of butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), New Guinea and Australia.

The wingspan is about 50 mm.

The larvae feed on various plants, including Blephocarya involucrigera, Annona reticulata, Mallotus polyadenos, Neolitsea dealbata, Syzygium bamagense and Commersonia bartramia.

Subspecies

  • Chaetocneme critomedia critomedia (Indonesia)
  • Chaetocneme critomedia sphinterifera (Cape York, Australia)
  • References

    Chaetocneme critomedia Wikipedia