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Toxidia doubledayi

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Toxidia doubledayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Toxidia
Species:
T. doubledayi
Binomial name
Toxidia doubledayi
(Felder, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Telesto doubledayi Felder, 1862
  • Telesto leachii C. Felder, 1862
  • Carystus vallio Mabille, 1883

Toxidia doubledayi, the Doubleday's skipper or lilac grass-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the mountains and on the coastal plain of the east coast of Australia, including New South Wales and Queensland.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Oplismenus species.

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