Purple Dusk-flat

Chaetocneme porphyropis, the purple brown-eye or purple dusk-flat, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae endemic to tropical Queensland, between Innisfail and Daintree on the Atherton Tableland. Its wingspan is about 60 mm. The larvae feed on various Lauraceae species, including Cinnamomum camphora, Cryptocarya grandis, Endiandra compressa, Litsea leefeana, and Neolitsea dealbata.

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Chaetocneme es un género de lepidópteros ditrisios de la subfamilia Pyrginae dentro de la familia Hesperiidae. Especies Chaetocneme antipodes Chaetocneme beata Chaetocneme callixenus Chaetocneme caristus Chaetocneme critomedia Chaetocneme denitza Chaetocneme editus Chaetocneme helirius Chaetocneme lunula Chaetocneme morea Chaetocneme naevifera Chaetocneme porphyropis Chaetocneme sphintifera Chaetocneme sombra Chaetocneme tenuis Chaetocneme trifenestrata Chaetocneme triton Enlaces externos http://www. tolweb.