Telicota augias

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
Scientific classification
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. 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)


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