Anisynta tillyardi

Anisynta tillyardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Anisynta
Species: A. tillyardi
Binomial name
Anisynta tillyardi
Waterhouse & Lyell, 1912

Anisynta tillyardi, the chequered grass-skipper or Tillyard's skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in the Dividing Range, at heights of over 1,000 metres in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Poa labillardieri.


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