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:Acoelorraphe wrightiiAiphanes corallinaBentinckia nicobaricaButia eriospathaCalamus motiCarpentaria acuminataCarpoxylon macrospermumChamaedorea microspadixChrysalidocarpus cabadaeClinostigma samoenseCrysophila guagaraGaussia attenuataGronophyllum microcarpumGulubia macrospadixHeterospathe delicatulaHeterospathe woodfordianaHowea belmoreanaLivistona merrilliiOenocarpusPhoenix loureiriiPinanga bataanensisPinanga coronataPinanga kuhliiPinanga merrilliiPritchardia beccarianaPritchardia maidenianaPritchardia minorPtychosperma bleeseriPtychosperma furcatumPtychosperma lauterbachiiPtychosperma linearePtychosperma salomonensePtychosperma sanderianumRavenea rivularisRhapis excelsaRhopalostylis baueriRhopalostylis sapidaRoystonea venezuelanaSabal mauritiiformisSabal mexicanaSabal parvifoliaSabal umbraculiferaSabal uresanaSatakentia liukiuensisScheelea butyraceaScheelea cephalotesScheelea zonensisSyagrus amaraSyagrus comosaThrinax excelsaTrachycarpus martianusTrachycarpus wagneranusVeitchia merrillii

Subspecies

  • Cephrenes augiades augiades
  • Cephrenes augiades sperthias
  • Cephrenes augiades tara Evans, 1935
  • Cephrenes augiades arua Evans, 1935
  • Cephrenes augiades bruno Evans, 1935
  • Cephrenes augiades burua Evans, 1935
  • Cephrenes augiades meeki Evans, 1935
  • Cephrenes augiades tenimbra Evans, 1935
  • Cephrenes augiades websteri Evans, 1935