Chaetocneme beata

"Common redeye" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Matapa aria.

Chaetocneme beata, also known as the common red-eye,^[a][1] eastern dull-flat^[3] or eastern dusk-flat,^[2] is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia on the edges of the upland rainforest along the coast of Queensland and New South Wales.

Chaetocneme beata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Chaetocneme
Species:	C. beata
Binomial name
Chaetocneme beata (Hewitson, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
Netrocoryne beata Hewitson, 1867[1]

The wingspan is about 50 mm.

The larvae feed on various trees, including Annona reticulata, Croton insularis, Eupomatia laurina, Cinnamomum camphora, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and Lophostemon confertus.