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pale palm dart

Telicota colon

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Field Notes

Description:

wing size 1.4cm, male is black above with orange-yellow bands.

Habitat:

Spotted at Manado area, Sulawesi.
Distribution is from India to S. China, South East Asia, Australia, New Guinea and the Salomon Islands.

Notes:

Telicota colon, commonly known as the pale palm dart or pale-orange darter, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Telicota
Species: T. colon

Reference Links:

Telicota colon - Wikipedia

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