Biology:Chaetocneme critomedia

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Chaetocneme critomedia
Chaetocneme critomedia sphinterifera.jpg
C. c. sphinterifera
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C. critomedia
Binomial name
Chaetocneme critomedia
(Guérin-Méneville, [1831])
Synonyms
  • Hesperia critomedia Guérin-Méneville, 1831
  • Casyapa sphinterifera Fruhstorfer, 1910

Chaetocneme critomedia, the banded red-eye or banded dusk-flat, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. 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 )

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5066632 entry