Telicota colon
Encyclopedia
Telicota colon, commonly known as the Pale Palm Dart or Pale-orange Darter, is a butterfly
belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
The larvae are known to feed on Bambusa striata and Ochlandra travancorica.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
The larvae are known to feed on Bambusa striata and Ochlandra travancorica.
Subspecies
- Telicota colon colon
- Telicota colon argeus (Plötz, 1883) -Pale Darter (south-eastern coast of New South Wales, the northern Gulf and northern coast of the Northern Territory, the northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland and the north-western coast of Western Australia, Irian Jaya, Maluku and Papua New Guinea)
- Telicota colon vaja Corbet, 1942 (Philippines to Sumatra and to Timor)
- Telicota colon vega Evans, 1949 (Papua New Guinea)
- Telicota colon stinga (Malacca)
- Telicota colon zara (St. Mathias)