Telicota colon
| Pale palm dart | |
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| Telicota colon stinga | |
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| Telicota colon (Fabricius, 1775)
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Telicota colon, commonly known as the pale palm dart or pale-orange darter, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
The larvae are known to feed on Bambusa striata and Ochlandra travancorica.[1]
Subspecies
- 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)
References
- ^ Kalesh, S & S K Prakash (2007). "Additions of the larval host plants of butterflies of the Western Ghats, Kerala, Southern India (Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera): Part 1". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 104 (2): 235–238.
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