Cephrenes augiades

Description

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. 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 Acoelorrhaphe wrightii, Aiphanes corallina, Bentinckia nicobarica, Butia eriospatha, Calamus moti, Carpentaria acuminata, Carpoxylon macrospermum, Chamaedorea microspadix, Chrysalidocarpus cabadae, Clinostigma samoense, Crysophila guagara, Gaussia attenuata, Gronophyllum microcarpum, Gulubia macrospadix, Heterospathe delicatula, Heterospathe woodfordiana, Howea belmoreana, Livistona merrillii, Oenocarpus, Phoenix loureirii, Pinanga bataanensis, Pinanga coronata, Pinanga kuhlii, Pinanga merrillii, Pritchardia beccariana, Pritchardia maideniana, Pritchardia minor, Ptychosperma bleeseri, Ptychosperma furcatum, Ptychosperma lauterbachii, Ptychosperma lineare, Ptychosperma salomonense, Ptychosperma sanderianum, Ravenea rivularis, Rhapis excelsa, Rhopalostylis baueri, Rhopalostylis sapida, Roystonea venezuelana, Sabal mauritiiformis, Sabal mexicana, Sabal parvifolia, Sabal umbraculifera, Sabal uresana, Satakentia liukiuensis, Scheelea butyracea, Scheelea cephalotes, Scheelea zonensis , Syagrus amara, Syagrus comosa, Thrinax excelsa, Trachycarpus martianus, Trachycarpus wagneranus, Veitchia merrillii and Verschaffeltia splendida.