Chaetocneme beata, also known as the common red-eye,[a][1] eastern dull-flat[3] or eastern dusk-flat,[2] is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia on the edges of the upland rainforest along the coast of Queensland and New South Wales.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Chaetocneme |
Species: | C. beata
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Binomial name | |
Chaetocneme beata | |
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The wingspan is about 50 mm.
The larvae feed on various trees, including Annona reticulata, Croton insularis, Eupomatia laurina, Cinnamomum camphora, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and Lophostemon confertus.