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Taractrocera ilia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Taractrocera ilia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Tribe
  
Taractrocerini

Rank
  
Species

Taractrocera ilia

Taractrocera ilia, the northern grass-dart or rock grass-dart, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Irian Jaya, Australia's Northern Territory (Darwin and Melville Island) and Papua New Guinea (Morobe, Madang, East Sepik and Western Highlands).

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

Subspecies

  • Taractrocera ilia ilia Waterhouse, 1932 (Northern Territory)
  • Taractrocera ilia beta Evans, 1934 (Papua New Guinea)
  • References

    Taractrocera ilia Wikipedia