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.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Tagiades nestus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Tagiades
Species:	T. nestus
Binomial name
Tagiades nestus (Felder, 1860)[1]
Synonyms[1]
List Pterygospidea nestus Felder, 1860 Tagiades curatus Fruhstorfer, 1910 Tagiades curiosa Swinhoe, 1905 Tagiades korela Mabille, 1891 Tagiades metanga Ribbe, 1889 Tagiades monachus Fruhstorfer, 1910 Tagiades sivoa Swinhoe, 1904 Tagiades swinhoei Fruhstorfer, 1910 Tagiades ternatensis Mabille & Boullet, 1916

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Its wingspan is about 40 mm (1.6 in).

Its larvae feed on Dioscorea species.