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Toxidia thyrrhus

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Toxidia thyrrhus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Toxidia
Species:
T. thyrrhus
Binomial name
Toxidia thyrrhus
Mabille, 1891
Synonyms
  • Telesto bathrophora Meyrick & Lower, 1902

Toxidia thyrrhus, the dusky grass-skipper or thyrrhus skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia.

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

The larvae feed on Cenchrus echinatus.

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