Toxidia thyrrhus

Toxidia thyrrhus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Toxidia
Species: T. thyrrhus
Binomial name
Toxidia thyrrhus
Mabille, 1891
Synonyms
  • Telesto bathrophora Meyrick & Lower, 1902

The Dusky Grass-skipper or Thyrrhus Skipper (Toxidia thyrrhus) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is endemic to Queensland.

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

The larvae feed on Cenchrus echinatus.

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