Potanthus confucius
| Chinese dart | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Potanthus |
| Species: | P. confucius |
| Binomial name | |
| Potanthus confucius (Felder & Felder, 1862) | |
Potanthus confucius, commonly known as the Chinese dart or Confucian dart, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.[1] They are found from Sri Lanka to China and Japan and down to Sumatra and Java in Indonesia. 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.[2]
References
- ↑ "Potanthus confucius". ZipCode Zoo. April 4, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
- ↑ Rienk de Jong & Colin Guy Treadaway (1993). "The Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines". Zoologische Verhandelingen 288: 3–125.