Taractrocera ilia

Taractrocera ilia, the northern grass-dart or rock grass-dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Irian Jaya, Australia's Northern Territory (Darwin and Melville Island) and Papua New Guinea (Morobe, Madang, East Sepik and Western Highlands).

Taractrocera ilia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Taractrocera
Species:
T. ilia
Binomial name
Taractrocera ilia
Waterhouse, 1932
Synonyms
  • Taractrocera udraka ilia Waterhouse, 1932

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

Subspecies

  • Taractrocera ilia ilia Waterhouse, 1932 (Northern Territory)
  • Taractrocera ilia beta Evans, 1934 (Papua New Guinea)


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