Chaetocneme critomedia

"Banded redeye" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Gangara lebadea.

Chaetocneme critomedia, the banded red-eye or banded dusk-flat, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), New Guinea and Australia.

Chaetocneme critomedia
C. c. sphinterifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Chaetocneme
Species:	C. critomedia
Binomial name
Chaetocneme critomedia (Guérin-Méneville, [1831])
Synonyms
Hesperia critomedia Guérin-Méneville, 1831 Casyapa sphinterifera Fruhstorfer, 1910

The wingspan is about 50 mm.

The larvae feed on various plants, including Blephocarya involucrigera, Annona reticulata, Mallotus polyadenos, Neolitsea dealbata, Syzygium bamagense and Commersonia bartramia.

Subspecies

• Chaetocneme critomedia critomedia (Indonesia)
• Chaetocneme critomedia sphinterifera (Cape York, Australia)

External links

• Australian Insects
• The Life History of Chaetocneme critomedia sphinterifera
• Australian Faunal Directory