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Telicota augias

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Telicota augias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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.

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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