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Cephrenes

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Subfamily
  
Hesperiinae

Phylum
  
Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Similar
  
Telicota, Cephrenes augiades, Cephrenes trichopepla, Taractrocera, Telicota ancilla

A yellow palm dart cephrenes trichopepla caterpillar emerges from its egg


Cephrenes is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is shared between the Indomalayan ecozone and the Australasian ecozone. Larvae feed on a variety of palms (Arecaceae) especially Cocos nucifera (coconut), and Calamus (rattan).

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Species

  • Cephrenes acalle (Hopffer, 1874)
  • Cephrenes augiades (Felder, 1860)
  • Cephrenes chrysozona (Plötz, 1883)
  • Cephrenes carna Evans, 1934
  • Cephrenes moseleyi (Butler, 1884)
  • Cephrenes trichopepla (Lower, 1908)
  • References

    Cephrenes Wikipedia


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