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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
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.
Timoconia melania | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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Synonyms | |
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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.