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Timoconia melania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Trapezitinae
Genus: Timoconia
Species: T. melania
Binomial name
Timoconia melania
(Waterhouse, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Toxidia melania (Waterhouse, 1903)
  • Telesto melania Waterhouse, 1903

Timoconia melania, the black skipper or dark grass-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to the rainforests of tropical Queensland, Australia.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

References

  1. Toussaint Fls, Emmanuel F A; Braby, Michael F; Müller, Chris; Petrie, Edward A; et al. (2022). "Molecular phylogeny, systematics and generic classification of the butterfly subfamily Trapezitinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (4): 1407–1421. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab086.
  2. "Species Timoconia melania (Waterhouse, 1903)". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2023-03-28.


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Taxon identifiers
Toxidia melania


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