Cephrenes augiades

Cephrenes augiades
Cephrenes augiades sperthias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 augiades Felder, 1860
  • Hesperia palmarum Felder, 1862
  • Hesperia sperthias Felder, 1862
  • Hesperia macleayi Plötz, 1883
  • Corone ismenoides Mabille, 1878
  • Pamphila ulama Butler, 1870

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

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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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  • 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)
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