''Toxidia inornata'', is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

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 ...

. The common name for this species is spotless grass-skipper or inornata skipper. It is found in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

( Papua, Aru Islands, Kai Islands),

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

, Australia's Cape York and surrounding islands. The

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is about 25 mm. The larvae feed on

Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...

species, including '' Brachiaria reptans''. They live in the debris at the foot of its host plant or in a shelter of leaves joined with silk.

Subspecies

*''Toxidia inornata inornata'' (Butler, 1883) (Aru Islands, Kei Islands, Queensland) *''Toxidia inornata sekara'' (Plötz, 1885) (New Guinea) *?''Toxidia inornata anga'' Evans 1949

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Australian Insects
Trapezitinae Butterflies described in 1883 Butterflies of Indonesia Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Hesperiidae-stub