Potanthus pseudomaesa

Indian Dart
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Potanthus
Species:	P. pseudomaesa
Binomial name
Potanthus pseudomaesa (Moore, 1881)

Potanthus pseudomaesa, commonly known as the Indian Dart, Common Dart or Pseudomaesa Dart, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

The larvae are known to feed on Axonopus compressus.^[1]

References

1. ^ Kalesh, S & S K Prakash (2007). "Additions ot the larval host plants of butterflies of the Western Ghats, Kerala, Southern India (Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera): Part 1". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 104 (2): 235–238. 

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  from Payyanur , Kerala

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