Toxidia rietmanni

Toxidia rietmanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Toxidia
Species:	T. rietmanni
Binomial name
Toxidia rietmanni (Semper, [1879])
Synonyms
Hesperilla rietmanniSemper, [1879] Telesto extraneaPlötz, 1884 Telesto leucostigmaMeyrick & Lower, 1902 Toxidia parasemaLower, 1908 Hesperilla leucostigma parasemaLower, 1908

Toxidia rietmanni, the white-brand skipper or whitebranded grass-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

Subspecies

• Toxidia rietmanni parasema (Lower, 1908) (northern Queensland)
• Toxidia rietmanni rietmanni (Semper, 1879) (southern Queensland and in New South Wales)

External links

• Australian Insects
• Australian Faunal Directory