Toxidia inornatus
Encyclopedia
The Spotless Grass-skipper or Inornata Skipper (Toxidia inornatus) is a butterfly
of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Indonesia
(Irian Jaya, Aru Islands, Kei Islands), New Guinea
, Cape York
and surrounding islands.
The wingspan
is about 25 mm.
The larvae feed on Poaceae
species, including Brachiaria reptans. They live in the debris at the foot of its host plant or in a shelter of leaves joined with silk.
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, Aru Islands, Kei Islands), 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...
, Cape York
Cape York Peninsula
Cape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland at the tip of the state of Queensland, Australia, the largest unspoilt wilderness in northern Australia and one of the last remaining wilderness areas on Earth...
and surrounding islands.
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 25 mm.
The larvae feed on Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
species, including Brachiaria reptans. They live in the debris at the foot of its host plant or in a shelter of leaves joined with silk.
Subspecies
- Toxidia inornatus inornatus (Butler, 1883) (Aru Islands, Kei Islands, Queensland)
- Toxidia inornatus sekara (Plötz, 1885) (New Guinea)
- ?Toxidia inornatus anga Evans 1949