Trapezites maheta, the Maheta skipper or northern silver ochre, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in Queensland and northern New South Wales.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Northern Silver Ochre being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Trapezites praxedes
- Trapezites eliena
- Hesperilla idothea
- Trapezites phigalioides
- Hesperilla donnysa
- Trapezites symmomus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Trapezites
- Species
- Trapezites maheta
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