Telicota augias

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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.

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

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Flagellaria indica.

Subspecies

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  • 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)
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