Anisynta tillyardi

Anisynta tillyardi, the chequered grass-skipper or Tillyard's skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in the Dividing Range, at heights of over 1,000 metres in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Anisynta tillyardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Anisynta
Species:	A. tillyardi
Binomial name
Anisynta tillyardi Waterhouse & Lyell, 1912

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Poa labillardieri.

External links

• Australian Caterpillars