Biology:Potanthus pseudomaesa
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Indian dart | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Potanthus |
Species: | P. pseudomaesa
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Binomial name | |
Potanthus pseudomaesa (Moore, 1881)
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Potanthus pseudomaesa,[1][2] commonly known as the Indian dart,[3][4] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in India and Sri Lanka.[3][4] The larvae are known to feed on Axonopus compressus.[5]
References
- ↑ Moore, Frederic (1880). The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. Vol. I. London: L. Reeve & co.. pp. 170. https://archive.org/stream/lepidopteraofcey01moor#page/170/mode/1up.
- ↑ 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. pp. 377. https://archive.org/stream/catalogueofhespe00evan#page/376/mode/2up/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287980260_A_Synoptic_Catalogue_of_the_Butterflies_of_India.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Savela, Markku. "Potanthus pseudomaesa (Moore, [1881)"]. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/potanthus/#pseudomaesa.
- ↑ Kalesh, S & S K Prakash (2007). "Additions of the larval host plants of butterflies of the Western Ghats, Kerala, Southern India (Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera): Part 1". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 104 (2): 235–238.
Wikidata ☰ Q7234674 entry
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