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Neohesperilla xanthomera

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Neohesperilla xanthomera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Neohesperilla
Species:
N. xanthomera
Binomial name
Neohesperilla xanthomera
Meyrick & Lower, 1902
Synonyms
  • Telesto xanthomera

Neohesperilla xanthomera, the xanthomera skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Heteropogon.

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