Tagiades nestus

Tagiades nestus, the Papuan snow flat or Nestus flat, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found on the Australian islands in the Torres Strait and in New Guinea.

Tagiades nestus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Tagiades
Species:
T. nestus
Binomial name
Tagiades nestus
(Felder, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Pterygospidea nestus C. Felder, 1860
  • Tagiades curiosa Swinhoe, 1905
  • Tagiades monachus Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Tagiades curatus Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Tagiades swinhoei Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Tagiades suffusus Rothschild, 1915
  • Tagiades neira var. metanga Ribbe, 1889
  • Tagiades korela Mabille, 1891
  • Tagiades sivoa Swinhoe, 1904

Its wingspan is about 40 mm.

Its larvae feed on Dioscorea species. The caterpillars nibble pieces out of the margins of the leaves leaving characteristic scalloped edges to the foliage. They live in shelters composed of pairs of such leaves joined with silk.

Subspecies
  • Tagiades nestus nestus
  • Tagiades nestus korela Mabille, 1891
  • Tagiades nestus sivoa Swinhoe, 1904 (New Guinea)


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