Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Scientific name Chaetocneme porphyropis | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Chaetocneme Rank Species | |
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Similar Chaetocneme beata, Chaetocneme denitza, Graphium | ||
Chaetocneme porphyropis, the purple brown-eye or purple dusk-flat, is a species of butterfly of the Hesperiidae family endemic to tropical Queensland, between Innisfail and Daintree on the Atherton Tableland. Its wingspan is about 60 mm. The larvae feed on various Lauraceae species, including Cinnamomum camphora, Cryptocarya grandis, Endiandra compressa, Litsea leefeana, and Neolitsea dealbata.
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