Orange Palmdart

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:

Subspecies

• 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)