Biology:Timoconia melania
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Trapezitinae |
| Genus: | Timoconia |
| Species: | T. melania
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| Binomial name | |
| Timoconia melania (Waterhouse, 1903)
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Timoconia melania, the black skipper or dark grass-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to the rainforests of tropical Queensland, Australia.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
References
- ↑ Toussaint Fls, Emmanuel F A; Braby, Michael F; Müller, Chris; Petrie, Edward A et al. (2022). "Molecular phylogeny, systematics and generic classification of the butterfly subfamily Trapezitinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab086. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/195/4/1407/6523241.
- ↑ "Species Timoconia melania (Waterhouse, 1903)". https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Timoconia_melania.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7830426 entry
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