Cephrenes

Cephrenes
figures 6, 7 Cephrenes chrysozona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Taractrocerini
Genus: Cephrenes
Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

Cephrenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is shared between the Indomalayan ecozone and the Australasian ecozone. Larvae feed on a variety of palms (Arecaceae) especially Cocos nucifera (Coconut), and Calamus (Rattan)

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