Tagiades nestus

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

The Papuan Snow Flat or Nestus Flat (Tagiades nestus) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found on the Australian islands in the Torres Strait and in New Guinea.

It's wingspan is about 40 mm.

It's 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)

External links

• Australian Insects