Potanthus pava

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Pava dart
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From Luzon, Philippines
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Potanthus
Species:
P. pava
Binomial name
Potanthus pava
(Fruhstorfer, 1911)

Potanthus pava, [1] commonly known as the Pava dart or yellow dart, [2] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from southern India [2] to central China, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Sulawesi, Indonesia. [3] [4]

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. 384.
  2. 1 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. ↑ Rienk de Jong; Colin Guy Treadaway (1993). "The Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 288: 3–125.
  4. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Potanthus pava (Fruhstorfer, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
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