Antipodia chaostola
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Family: | Hesperiidae
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Species: | A. chaostola
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Antipodia chaostola Meyrick, 1888
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Antipodia chaostola, the chaostola skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia along the coast of Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Cyperaceae species, including , Gahnia grandis, , Gahnia radula and Gahnia sieberiana.
Subspecies[]
- Antipodia chaostola chaostola (New South Wales)
- Antipodia chaostola chares (Victoria)
- Antipodia chaostola leucophaea (Tasmania)
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Categories:
- Trapezitinae
- Butterflies described in 1888
- Butterflies of Australia
- Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
- Hesperiidae stubs