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Telicota colon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Telicota colon

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Genus
  
Telicota

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Similar
  
Telicota, Telicota ancilla, Pelopidas agna, Suastus gremius, Badamia exclamationis

Telicota colon, commonly known as the pale palm dart or pale-orange darter, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

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The larvae are known to feed on Bambusa striata and Ochlandra travancorica.

Subspecies

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  • Telicota colon colon
  • Telicota colon argeus (Plötz, 1883) – pale darter (south-eastern coast of New South Wales, the northern Gulf and northern coast of the Northern Territory, the northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland and the north-western coast of Western Australia, Irian Jaya, Maluku and Papua New Guinea)
  • Telicota colon vaja Corbet, 1942 (Philippines to Sumatra and to Timor)
  • Telicota colon vega Evans, 1949 (Papua New Guinea)
  • Telicota colon stinga (Malacca)
  • Telicota colon zara (St. Mathias)

    • Telicota colon ButterflyCircle Checklist

    Telicota colon Telicota colon Pale PalmDart Butterflies of India

    References

    Telicota colon Wikipedia
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