Cephrenes augiades
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Cephrenes augiades, the orange palm dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Indonesia to the Solomons. The wingspan is about 40 mm. The larvae of subspecies sperthias feed on Archontophoenix, Livistona and Phoenix species. During the day it hides within a shelter made by using silk to join fronds of its host plant, which fold together and bend across each other naturally.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange Palm Dart sighting in Royal National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 76th most-seen of the 175 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Orange Palm Dart in Royal National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–October and December, the lowest months. Those are among Royal National Park's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against 50 mm in August.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange Palm Dart sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Orange Palm Dart sightings, Royal National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Springbrook National Park (Australia, about 20%), Daintree National Park (Australia, about 10%) and Noosa National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same family: Hesperiidae
The closest relatives of the Orange Palm Dart that you can see in Royal National Park (family Hesperiidae, Skippers) are Splendid Ochre (about 10%) and Yellow-Banded Dart (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange Palm Dart is recorded against all the insects logged in Royal National Park (11 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
