Telicota augias

Telicota augias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Telicota
Species:	T. augias
Binomial name
Telicota augias (Linnaeus, 1763)
Synonyms
Papilio augiasLinnaeus, 1763 Pamphila krefftiiMacleay, 1866 Telicota krefftii argilusWaterhouse, 1933

Telicota augias, the bright-orange darter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, Indonesia and the Philippines.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Flagellaria indica .

Subspecies

• Telicota augias augias (Burma to Java and Borneo)
• Telicota augias florina (southern Flores)
• Telicota augias krefftii(Macleay, 1866) – Krefft's darter (the northern Gulf and northern coast of the Northern Territory, the northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland and the northern coast of Western Australia)
• Telicota augias pythias (Philippines)

External links

• Australian Insects
• Australian Faunal Directory