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.
Toxidia doubledayi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Toxidia |
Species: | T. doubledayi
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Binomial name | |
Toxidia doubledayi (Felder, 1862)
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The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Oplismenus species.
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