Potanthus confucius

Potanthus confucius,[1] the Chinese dart[2] or Confucian dart,[3] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.[4] They are found from Sri Lanka, India[2] to China and Japan and down to Sumatra and Java in Indonesia.[3] Some museum specimens have also been reported to be from Palawan in the Philippines, but due to the absence of the species in Borneo, it is possible that these were mislabeled or misidentified.[5]

Chinese dart
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Potanthus
Species:
P. confucius
Binomial name
Potanthus confucius
(Felder & Felder, 1862)

Subspecies
  • P. c. diana (Evans, 1932) - Maharashtra to Kerala
  • P. c. dushta (Fruhstorfer, 1911) - Sikkim, northeast India to Indochina
  • P. c. nina (Evans, 1932) - Andaman and Nicobar Islands[2]
Potanthus confucius diana as seen in Mangalore, Karnataka
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References
  1. Evans, W. H. (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum. London: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. p. 382.
  2. Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. pp. 62–64. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Potanthus confucius (C. & R. Felder, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  4. "Potanthus confucius". ZipCode Zoo. April 4, 2009. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  5. Rienk de Jong & Colin Guy Treadaway (1993). "The Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 288: 3–125.


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