Biology:Toxidia inornata
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Toxidia |
| Species: | T. inornatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Toxidia inornatus (Butler, 1883)
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Toxidia inornata, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. The common name for this species is spotless grass-skipper or inornata skipper. It is found in Indonesia (Papua, Aru Islands, Kai Islands), New Guinea, Australia's Cape York and surrounding islands.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 25 mm. The larvae feed on Poaceae species, including Brachiaria reptans. They live in the debris at the foot of its host plant or in a shelter of leaves joined with silk.[citation needed]
Subspecies
- Toxidia inornata inornata (Butler, 1883) (Aru Islands, Kei Islands, Queensland)
- Toxidia inornata sekara (Plötz, 1885) (New Guinea)
- ?Toxidia inornata anga Evans 1949
References
- ↑ "Species Toxidia inornata (Butler, 1883)". https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Ocybadistes_flavovittatus.
- ↑ Edwards, E. D.; Newland, J.; Regan, L. (2001) (in en). Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. Csiro Publishing. pp. 111. ISBN 978-0-643-06700-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=iVHDuVVelGMC&dq=Toxidia+inornatus&pg=PA601.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7830425 entry
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