Chaetocneme critomedia

Chaetocneme critomedia
Chaetocneme critomedia sphinterifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Chaetocneme
Species: 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 Hesperiidae family. 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.

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