#Cephrenes augiades

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27/10/20 - Photos 1-2 - Toxidia crocea

11/09/23 - Photos 3-4 - Ocybadistes flavovittatus

17/08/22 - Photos 5-6 - Sabera caesina

23/10/22 - Photos 7-8 - Sabera dobboe

22/12/20 - Photos 9-10 - Telicota colon

15/09/21 - Photos 11-12 - Suniana sunias

28/12/20 - Photos 13-14 - Cephrenes trichopepla

31/07/22 - Photos 15-16 - Cephrenes augiades

03/12/20 - Photos 17-18 - Notocrypta waigensis

Collection of Skipper butterflies I've found over the years.

27/10/20-11/09/23 - Hesperiidae spp.

QLD:WET

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Orange Palm Dart (Cephrenes augiades)

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The Orange Palm Dart. Found sipping on nectar.

Cephrenes augiades Caterpillars feed on a wide variety of Arecaceae species. Pentas plants attract adult butterflies.

18/05/22

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Just having a rest.

Cephrenes augiades, “Orange Palm Dart”

06/03/21

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Lepidoptera study - 06/01/21 - Cephrenes augiades, “Orange Palm Dart”

Taxonomy: Superfamily Hesperioidea; Family Hesperiidae; Subfamily Hesperiinae

The Caterpillar has yet to be photographed by me, but is in the source below.

The food plants are various members of the Arecaceae, “Palm” family: Archontophoenix cunninghamiana “Bangalow Palm”, Livistona australis “Australian Cabbage Palm”, and Phoenix dactylifera “Date Palms”

This species occurs in NT, QLD, NSW, Vic, SA, and WA; Australia. Various races of this species are found from Indonesia to the Solomons.

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