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Potanthus
Potanthus is a large genus of skipper butterflies. They are commonly known as darts. They are found from South Asia to East Asia, and down to maritime Southeast Asia (though not extending towards New Guinea). It includes about 35 species, all of which look very similar to each other and are often only reliably identifiable through the examination of the male genitalia.
35 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Lesser Dart
speciesPotanthus omaha
Chinese Dart
speciesPotanthus confucius
Lesser Band Dart
speciesPotanthus trachala
Indian Dart
speciesPotanthus pseudomaesa
Japanese Dart
speciesPotanthus flavus
Yellow Band Dart
speciesPotanthus pava
Zigzag-banded Dart
speciesPotanthus mingo
Ganda Dart
speciesPotanthus ganda
Large Dart
speciesPotanthus serina
Potanthus motzui
speciesPotanthus motzui
Oblique-branded Dart
speciesPotanthus rectifasciata
Bush Dart
speciesPotanthus palnia
Lydia Dart
speciesPotanthus lydia
tropic dart
speciesPotanthus satra
pallid dart
speciesPotanthus pallida
Potanthus fettingi
speciesPotanthus fettingi
Vestigial-spot Dart
speciesPotanthus pamela
Overlapped Dart
speciesPotanthus juno
Potanthus taxilus
speciesPotanthus taxilus
Potanthus ilion
speciesPotanthus ilion
Potanthus diffusus
speciesPotanthus diffusus
Potanthus euria
speciesPotanthus euria
Sikkim Dart
speciesPotanthus nesta
Potanthus hetaerus
speciesPotanthus hetaerus
Potanthus parvus
speciesPotanthus parvus
Potanthus sita
speciesPotanthus sita
Potanthus mara
speciesPotanthus mara
Potanthus niobe
speciesPotanthus niobe
Potanthus purpura
speciesPotanthus purpura
Potanthus cato
speciesPotanthus cato
Potanthus wilemanni
speciesPotanthus wilemanni
Potanthus ayakoae
speciesPotanthus ayakoae
Potanthus amor
speciesPotanthus amor
Potanthus chloe
speciesPotanthus chloe
Himalayan Dart
speciesPotanthus dara
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 335258.