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Rare Redeye Flat - Chaetocneme denitza
- This page contains information and pictures about Rare Redeye Flat Butterflies in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 25mm
- This butterfly is also know as Ornata Dusk-flat. It is in the Pyrginae subfamily, they are large and robust, and have the wings expanded flat when at rest. Their larvae are brightly in colours.
- This butterfly is believed active during and after evening. Caterpillars of this species are pink with a green colours, stay in shelter during the day, feed during the evening. They feed on Myrtaceae, includes different kind of Gum trees.
- When we were walking in Karawatha Forest during early summer, we disturbed a medium size butterfly and it flied to a small gum tree a few meter away. It then hiding under a board leaf with wings open flat like a moth. It is orange-brown in colour with creamy semi-transparence patches on forewings. Its eyes are red in colour. It flied away after we took some photos.
- This is the only time that we saw this butterfly.
- Reference:
- 1. The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia - Michael F Braby, Australian National University, CSIRO 2004, p35.
- 2. Chaetocneme denitza - Australian Caterpillars, Don Herbison-Evans.
Family HESPERIIDAE, Subfamily Pyrginae
