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Telicota augias

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Telicota augias

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Telicota

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Telicota, Telicota ancilla, Telicota colon, Cephrenes, Baoris farri

Telicota augias, the bright-orange darter, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, Indonesia and the Philippines.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Flagellaria indica. It constructs a shelter out of leaves joined with silk, resting head downward in this by day, emerging to feed at night. The shelter is often constructed near the tip of the leaf on which it feeds, leaving only the midrib to support the shelter.

Subspecies

  • Telicota augias augias (Burma to Java and Borneo)
  • Telicota augias florina (southern Flores)
  • Telicota augias krefftii (Macleay, 1866) – Krefft's darter (the northern Gulf and northern coast of the Northern Territory, the northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland and the northern coast of Western Australia)
  • Telicota augias pythias (Philippines)

    • References

    Telicota augias Wikipedia
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