Potanthus serina

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Potanthus serina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Potanthus
Species:
P. serina
Binomial name
Potanthus serina
Plötz, 1883 [1]

Potanthus serina, the large dart, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found on the Andamans, as well as in southern Burma, Singapore and the Philippines. The habitat consists of grassy areas and mangrove areas.

The wingspan is about 35 millimetres (1.4 in), making it the largest species in the genus Potanthus . [2]

Taxonomy

It was formerly treated as a subspecies of Potanthus hetaerus .

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