Potanthus pseudomaesa

Indian dart
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Potanthus
Species: P. pseudomaesa
Binomial name
Potanthus pseudomaesa
(Moore, 1881)

Potanthus pseudomaesa, commonly known as the Indian dart, common dart or pseudomaesa dart, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

The larvae are known to feed on Axonopus compressus.[1]

References

  1. Kalesh, S & S K Prakash (2007). "Additions ot the larval host plants of butterflies of the Western Ghats, Kerala, Southern India (Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera): Part 1". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 104 (2): 235–238.