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Chaetocneme porphyropis
Chaetocneme
porphyropis
, the
purple
brown-eye
or
purple
dusk-flat
, is a
species
of
butterfly
of the
family
Hesperiidae
endemic
to
tropical
Queensland
, between
Innisfail
and
Daintree
on the
Atherton Tableland
. Its
wingspan
is about
60
mm
. The
larvae
feed
on various
Lauraceae
species, including
Cinnamomum
camphora
,
Cryptocarya
grandis
,
Endiandra
compressa
,
Litsea
leefeana
, and
Neolitsea
dealbata
.