Chaetocneme beata
| Chaetocneme beata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Chaetocneme |
| Species: | C. beata |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetocneme beata (Hewitson, 1867) | |
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Chaetocneme beata, the common red-eye or eastern dull-flat, is a species of butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in edges of the upland rainforest along the coast of Queensland and New South Wales.
The wingspan is about 50 mm.
The larvae feed on various trees, including Annona reticulata, Croton insularis, Eupomatia laurina, Cinnamomum camphora, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and Lophostemon confertus.
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