''Cephrenes'' is a genus of

skipper butterflies Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...

in the family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...

. The genus is shared between the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

and the

Australasian realm The Australasian realm is one of eight biogeographic realms that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua Ne ...

. Larvae feed on a variety of palms (

Arecaceae The Arecaceae () is a family (biology), family of perennial plant, perennial, flowering plants in the Monocotyledon, monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbing palm, climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly k ...

) especially ''

Cocos nucifera The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus ''Cocos''. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, the seed, or the f ...

'' (coconut), and ''

Calamus Calamus may refer to: Botany and zoology * ''Calamus'' (fish), a genus of fish in the family Sparidae * ''Calamus'' (palm), a genus of rattan palms * Calamus, the hollow shaft of a feather, also known as the quill * ''Acorus calamus'', the swee ...

'' (rattan).

Species

*'' Cephrenes acalle'' (Hopffer, 1874) Sulawesi, Borneo *''

Cephrenes augiades ''Cephrenes augiades'', the orange palm dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Indonesia to the Solomon Islands, Solomons. The wingspan is about 40 mm. Food The larvae of subspecies ''sperthias'' feed on ''Archont ...

'' (Felder, 1860) *'' Cephrenes carna'' Evans, 1934 New Guinea *'' Cephrenes moseleyi'' (Butler, 1884) New Guinea *'' Cephrenes trichopepla'' (Lower, 1908)

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

Taractrocerini Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Gustavus Athol Waterhouse Taxa named by George Lyell Taxa described in 1914 {{Hesperiinae-stub