Cephrenes
Sign in to saveCephrenes is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is shared between the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm. Larvae feed on a variety of palms (Arecaceae) especially Cocos nucifera (coconut), and Calamus (rattan).
Taxonomy · GBIF
Orange Palm Dart
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyHesperiidae
Observations3,904
Groupinsecta
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Cephrenes is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is shared between the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm. Larvae feed on a variety of palms (Arecaceae) especially Cocos nucifera (coconut), and Calamus (rattan).
==Species== Cephrenes acalle (Hopffer, 1874) Sulawesi, Borneo Cephrenes augiades (Felder, 1860) Cephrenes carna Evans, 1934 New Guinea Cephrenes moseleyi (Butler, 1884) New Guinea Cephrenes trichopepla (Lower, 1908)