Common dartlet

Description:

Oriens goloides, the common dartlet, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. The wingspan is about 22–27 mm. Gold-yellow colour, forewing with sinuous band followed by small costal spots, the hairy scales extending to the base also yellow. Underside with less distinct markings as above: costa and apex of forewing and the hindwing suffused with yellow. Body and legs golden-yellow; palpi and front of thorax beneath saffron-yellow.

Habitat:

Spotted during a walk day at Nusa Dua - Bali, coastal area, bush & low vegetation.

Notes:

The larvae are known to feed on Axonopus compressus and Oplismenus compositus.