Biology:Telicota augias

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Telicota augias
Telicota augias krefftii.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Telicota
Species:
T. augias
Binomial name
Telicota augias
(Linnaeus, 1763)
Synonyms
  • Papilio augias Linnaeus, 1763
  • Pamphila krefftii Macleay, 1866
  • Telicota krefftii argilus Waterhouse, 1933

Telicota augias, the bright-orange darter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. 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)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7697248 entry