Toxidia rietmanni

Toxidia rietmanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Toxidia
Species:
T. rietmanni
Binomial name
Toxidia rietmanni
(Semper, [1879])
Synonyms
  • Hesperilla rietmanni Semper, [1879]
  • Telesto extranea Plötz, 1884
  • Telesto leucostigma Meyrick & Lower, 1902
  • Toxidia parasema Lower, 1908
  • Hesperilla leucostigma parasema Lower, 1908

Toxidia rietmanni, the white-brand skipper or whitebranded grass-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

Subspecies

  • Toxidia rietmanni parasema (Lower, 1908) (northern Queensland)
  • Toxidia rietmanni rietmanni (Semper, 1879) (southern Queensland and in New South Wales)


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