Chinese Dart

Potanthus confucius

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae

Potanthus confucius, the Chinese dart or Confucian dart, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. They are found from Sri Lanka and India to China and Japan and down to Sumatra and Java in Indonesia. Some museum specimens have also been reported to be from Palawan in the Philippines, but due to the absence of the species in Borneo, it is possible that these were mislabeled or misidentified.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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Chinese Dart

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