''Tagiades nestus'', the Papuan snow flat or Nestus flat, is a
butterfly of the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
. It is found on the Australian islands in the
Torres Strait and in
New Guinea.
Its
wingspan is about 40 mm.
Its larvae feed on ''
Dioscorea
''Dioscorea'' is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. The vast majority of the species are tropical, with only a few species extending ...
'' species.
Subspecies
*''Tagiades nestus nestus''
*''Tagiades nestus sivoa''
Swinhoe, 1904 (New Guinea)
External links
Australian Insects
Tagiades
Butterflies described in 1860
Butterflies of Oceania
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