Cephrenes
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| Figures 6, 7 Cephrenes chrysozona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Taractrocerini |
| Genus: | Cephrenes Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 |
Cephrenes is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is shared between the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm. Larvae feed on a variety of palms (Arecaceae) especially Cocos nucifera (coconut), and Calamus (rattan).
Species[]
- Cephrenes acalle (Hopffer, 1874) Sulawesi, Borneo
- Cephrenes augiades (Felder, 1860)
- Evans, 1934 New Guinea
- (Butler, 1884) New Guinea
- Cephrenes trichopepla (Lower, 1908)
C. augiades a. male b. female c. larva d. pupa in Piepers and Snellen The Rhopalocera of Java
C. acalle
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