Toxidia melania
| Toxidia melania | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Toxidia |
| Species: | T. melania |
| Binomial name | |
| Toxidia melania (Waterhouse, 1903) | |
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The Black Skipper or Dark Grass-skipper (Toxidia melania) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is endemic to the rainforests of tropical Queensland.
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species. They construct a shelter by rolling a leaf into a tube or joining several leaves together. It rests in this shelter during the day.
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