Cephrenes augiades

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Cephrenes augiades
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Cephrenes augiades sperthias
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Cephrenes
Species:
C. augiades
Binomial name
Cephrenes augiades
(C Felder, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia augiadesFelder, 1860
  • Hesperia palmarumFelder, 1862
  • Hesperia sperthiasFelder, 1862
  • Hesperia macleayiPlötz, 1883
  • Corone ismenoidesMabille, 1878
  • Pamphila ulamaButler, 1870

Cephrenes augiades, the orange palm dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Indonesia to the Solomons.

Contents

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


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