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Toxidia andersoni

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Toxidia andersoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Toxidia
Species:
T. andersoni
Binomial name
Toxidia andersoni
(Kirby, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Trapezites andersoni Kirby, 1893

Toxidia andersoni, Anderson's skipper or the southern grass-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in inland New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

The larvae feed on Poa queenslandica and Tetrarrhena juncea.

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