Potanthus

Potanthus

Taxobox | name = "Potanthus"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Chinese Dart, "Potanthus confucius"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Hesperiidae
subfamilia = Hesperiinae
tribus = Taractrocerini
genus = "Potanthus"
genus_authority = Scudder, 1872
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =Several, including: "Potanthus confucius" "Potanthus diffusus" "Potanthus mara" "Potanthus motzui" "Potanthus nesta" "Potanthus pallida" "Potanthus palnia" "Potanthus pava" "Potanthus pseudomaesa" "Potanthus rectifasciata" "Potanthus sita" "Potanthus wilemanni"

"Potanthus" is a genus of skipper butterflies. They are commonly known as Darts.

Notable species

* Chinese Dart or Confucian Dart, "Potanthus confucius"
* Sikkim Dart, "Potanthus mara"
* Pallied Dart, "Potanthus pallida"
* Palni Dart, "Potanthus palnia"
* Pava Dart, "Potanthus pava"
* Indian Dart, Common Dart or Pseudomaesa Dart, "Potanthus pseudomaesa"
* Branded Dart, "Potanthus rectifasciata"


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