Chaetocneme critomedia
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Chaetocneme critomedia, the Banded Red-eye or Banded Dust-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.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
(Irian Jaya, Maluku), New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 50 mm.
The larvae feed on various plants, including Blephocarya involucrigera, Annona reticulata
Annona reticulata
Annona reticulata is a small deciduous or semi-evergreen tree in the plant family Annonaceae.It is best known for its fruit, called custard-apple, a name it shares with fruits of other species from the same genus: A. cherimola and A. squamosa or sometimes it is called wild-sweetsop,...
, Mallotus polyadenos, Neolitsea dealbata
Neolitsea dealbata
Neolitsea dealbata, also known as Hairy-leaved Bolly Gum, is a shrub or tree, in the family Lauraceae, which is native to Australia.-Description:...
, Syzygium bamagense and Commersonia bartramia.
Subspecies
- Chaetocneme critomedia critomedia (Indonesia)
- Chaetocneme critomedia sphinterifera (Cape York, Australia)