Cephrenes

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Cephrenes

Cephrenes is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. They live in the Indomalayan and Australasian regions. The caterpillars (larvae) feed on palm trees, especially coconut (Cocos nucifera) and rattan (Calamus).

Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Hesperiidae
- Tribe: Taractrocerini
- Genus: Cephrenes (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)

Species
- Cephrenes acalle — Sulawesi, Borneo
- Cephrenes augiades
- Cephrenes carna — New Guinea
- Cephrenes moseleyi — New Guinea
- Cephrenes trichopepla