- Source: Cephrenes augiades
Cephrenes augiades, the orange palm dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Indonesia to the Solomons.
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
Food
The larvae of subspecies sperthias feed on Archontophoenix, Livistona and Phoenix species. During the day it hides within a shelter made by using silk to join fronds of its host plant, which fold together and bend across each other naturally.
Other recorded food plants include:
Subspecies
Cephrenes augiades augiades
Cephrenes augiades sperthias (C. Felder, 1862) (south-eastern coast of New South Wales and the northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland)
Cephrenes augiades tara Evans, 1935 (Batchian)
Cephrenes augiades arua Evans, 1935 (Papua)
Cephrenes augiades bruno Evans, 1935 (Papua)
Cephrenes augiades burua Evans, 1935 (Buru)
Cephrenes augiades meeki Evans, 1935 (Papua)
Cephrenes augiades tenimbra Evans, 1935
Cephrenes augiades websteri Evans, 1935 (New Britain)
External links
Australian Faunal Directory
Australian Insects
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Cephrenes augiades
- Cephrenes
- Syagrus romanzoffiana
- List of butterflies of Victoria
- List of butterflies of the Solomon Islands
- List of butterflies of Papua New Guinea
- List of butterflies of Sulawesi
- Butia odorata
- Butia eriospatha
- List of butterflies of Australia
