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Potanthus Scudder, 1872

Darts
Potanthus Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 75, TS: Hesperia omaha Edwards
Padraona Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 170, TS: Pamphila maesa Moore

= ; [NHM]

Inessa de Nicéville, 1897; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 66 Pt.II (3) : 570, TS: Inessa ilion de Nicéville

= ; [NHM]

Potanthus ; [BIR, 479]
Padraona ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 581; [BIR, 479]
Potanthus (Hesperiinae) ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 72

1059x1095 (~423Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikaew beach, a side of a road through shrubbery along coast, 15th February, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

776x964 (~273Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikaew beach, a side of a road through shrubbery along coast, 3rd February, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1070x868 (~347Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikaew beach, a side of a road through shrubbery along coast, 3rd February, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Potanthus pseudomaesa (Moore, 1881)

Himalayas (lower), India, Ceylon. See [About maps] Indian Dart
Padraona pseudomaesa Moore, 1881; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 170, TL: Ceylon
Potanthus pseudomaesa ; [BIR, 479]; [BOW: pl. 208, f. 27 (text)]

P. p. clio (Evans, 1932)

Yunnan pseudomaesa clio (Evans, 1932); , TL: Dharmsala
Potanthus pseudomaesa clio ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

Potanthus dara (Kollar, [1844])

Himalayas, Indo-China, Malaysia. See [About maps] Hesperia dara Kollar, [1844]; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek, 4: 455, TL: Himalaya
Pamphila maesa Moore, 1865; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (2) : 509, pl. 30, f. 9
Padraona dara ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 143
Potanthus dara ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 48 (miss.id.?); [BIR, 480]; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 27]

Potanthus palnia (Evans, 1914)

S.India (hills), Burma - Sumatra, S.China. See [About maps] Potanthus palnia ; [BIR, 480]; [MRS, 741]

P. p. palnia

China (Yunnan, Hainan, Guangxi, Fujian), SE.Tibet Potanthus palnia palnia ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

P. p. afer (Evans, 1932)

Sumatra

Potanthus pallidus (Evans, 1932)

Ceylon, India, S.China - S.Thailand. See [About maps] Potanthus pallidus ; [MRS, 741]
Potanthus pallida ;

Potanthus rectifasciata (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)

Sikkim - Malay Peninsula, Yunnan. See [About maps] Telicota rectifasciata Elwes & Edwards, 1897; Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4) : 254, pl. 21, 25
Potanthus rectifasciata menglana Lee, 1962

= ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

Potanthus rectifasciatus ; [MRS, 741]; [BMP: 382, pl. 59, f. 11-12]
Potanthus rectifasciata ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

Potanthus trachala (Mabille, 1878)

India, Malaysia - S.China. See [About maps] Detached Dart
Pamphila trachala Mabille, 1878; Petites Nouv. Ent. 2 (198): 237, TL: Java
Potanthus trachalus ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 30]; [MRS, 742]

P. t. tytleri (Evans, 1914)

Vietnam, N.Laos, Yunnan Plastingia tytleri Evans, 1914; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23 (2) : 303, no. 13, TL: Manipur
Potanthus trachala tytleri ; [BMP: 382, pl. 59, f. 15-17]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

P. t. phoebe (Evans, 1934)

China (Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Fujian, Hainan) Potanthus phoebe ; [MRS, 742]
Potanthus trachala phoebe ; Huang, 2002, Atalanta 33 (1/2): 117 (note), f. 29 (gen.); Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

Potanthus juno (Evans, 1932)

Assam - Malay Peninsula, Zhejiang. See [About maps] Padraona juno Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 403, no. I.90.13
Potanthus juno ; [BMP: 381, pl. 59, f. 18-20]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

Potanthus purpura (Evans, 1932)

Java. See [About maps] Padraona purpura Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 400, TL: Java

Potanthus omaha (Edwards, 1863)

Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, Burma. See [About maps] Hesperia omaha Edwards, 1863; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (1): 21
Potanthus omaha ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 29]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 72

P. o. omaha

Lesser Dart
Pamphila maesoides Butler, 1879; Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8) : 554, TL: Malacca
Potanthus omaha omaha ; [BMP: 381, pl. 59, f. 24-26]

P. o. nita (Evans, 1934)

Sulawesi omaha nita (Evans, 1934) (Padraona); Entomologist 67 (8): 183, TL: Celebes
Potanthus omaha nita ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 72

P. o. bione Evans, 1949

Mindanado

Potanthus confucius (C. & R. Felder, 1862)

Ceylon, S.India (hills), Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Taiwan. See [About maps] Confucian Dart
Pamphila confucius C. & R. Felder, 1862; Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (1): 29, TL: Ning Po, China
Potanthus confucius ; [BIR, 480]; [MRS, 741]; Huang, 2002, Atalanta 33 (1/2): 117 (note), pl. II, f. 4, 12

Larva on Bambusa spp. [MRS]

P. c. confucius

China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, Hubei, Guangdong, Hunan) Potanthus confucius confucius ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

P. c. angustatus (Matsumura)

Potanthus confucius angustatus ; [MRS: 741]

P. c. dushta (Fruhstorfer, 1911)

S.Laos, China (Hainan) Telicota dushta Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 39, TL: Annam
Potanthus confucius dushta ; [BMP: 382, pl. 59, f. 27-29]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

P. c. diana (Evans, 1932)

Potanthus pava (Fruhstorfer, 1911)

Taiwan, India, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula. See [About maps] Telicota pava Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 40
Potanthus pavus ; [MRS, 742]
Potanthus pava ; [BMP: 381, pl. 59, f. 39]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

P. p. pava

China (Fujian, Hubei) Potanthus pava pava ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

P. p. lesbia (Evans, 1934)

Philippines, Sulawesi pava lesbia (Evans, 1934) (Padraona); Entomologist 67 (8): 183, TL: Celebes
Potanthus pava lesbia ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

Potanthus lydia (Evans, 1934)

W.China - Malay Peninsula. See [About maps] Padraona lydia Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (8): 184
Potanthus lydius ; [MRS, 742]
Potanthus lydia ; [BMP]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 38 (note)

P. l. fraseri (Evans, 1934)

Padraona fraseri Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (8): 184
Potanthus lydia fraseri ; [BMP: 382, pl. 59, f. 36-38]

Potanthus riefenstahli Huang, 2003

Yunnan. See [About maps] Potanthus riefenstahli Huang, 2003; Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 38, f. 54-55, pl. 3, f. 18, pl. 4, f. 1, TL: Lishadi, Nujian valley, NW.Yunnan

Potanthus mingo (Edwards, 1866)

Philippines, Java, Assam, Bura, Indochina. See [About maps] Hesperia mingo Edwards, 1866; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 6 (4) : 207, TL: "W.Virginia"? [error, = Philippines]
Hesperia flavoguttata Plötz, 1883; Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (4-6): 231, TL: Manilla [error?]
Padraona flavoguttata ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 400

P. m. ajax (Evans, 1932)

Yunnan Padraona ajax Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 404, no. 18
Potanthus mingo ajax ; [BMP: 381, pl. 59, f. 33-35]; Huang, 2002, Atalanta 33 (1/2): 117 (note), f. 27 (gen.); Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

Potanthus ganda (Fruhstorfer, 1911)

-. See [About maps] Telicota ganda Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 38

P. g. ganda

Vietnam, China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan) Potanthus tropica menglana Lee, 1962

= ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

Potanthus ganda ganda ; [BMP: 382, pl. 59, f. 30-32]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

Potanthus flava (Murray, 1875)

Amur - Japan, Thailand, Philippines, China (Jilin, Hebei, Shandong, Hunan, Fujian, Yunnan). See [About maps] Pamphila flava Murray, 1875; Ent. mon. Mag. 12 : 4, TL: Japan
japonica Mabille, 1883
Potanthus flava ; [BOW: pl. 208, f. 27]; [BRU, 131]
Potanthus flavus ; [MRS, 741]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note), f. 57-58, pl. 4, f. 2-3

Larva on Iris [BRU, Fukuda et al, 1984]

P. f. alcon (Evans, 1932)

Padraona alcon Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 403, no. 11
Potanthus flavus alcon ; [BMP: 381, pl. 59, f. 43]

Potanthus niobe (Evans, 1934)

Philippines. See [About maps] Padraona niobe Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (8): 182
Potanthus[?] flavus niobe ; Evans, 1949

P. n. hyugai de Jong & Treadaway, 1993

Luzon, Mindoro Potanthus niobe hyugai de Jong & Treadaway, 1993; Zool. Verh. 288: (1-139)
Potanthus hyugai ;
Potanthus niobe hyugai ; Hsu, Tsukiyama & Chiba, 2005, Insect Syst. Evol. 36: 181 (note)

Potanthus hetaerus (Mabille, 1883)

Burma - Malaya, Philippines, Celebes. See [About maps] Pamphila hetaerus Mabille, 1883; C. R. Séances Soc. ent. Belg. 3 (31): LXXII
Potanthus serina hetaerus ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 28]
Potanthus hetaerus ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

P. h. serina (Plötz, 1883)

Andamans, S.Burma, Philippines Hesperia serina Plötz, 1883; Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (4-6): 231
Potanthus hetaerus serina ; [BMP: 382, pl. 59, f. 40-42]

P. h. dina (Evans, 1934)

Sulawesi hetaerus dina (Evans, 1934) (Padraona); Entomologist 67 (8): 184, TL: Celebes
Potanthus hetaerus dina ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

Potanthus amor Evans, 1932

Timor, Sumba, Oinanaisa. See [About maps] Potanthus amor ; [NEN51]

Potanthus nesta (Evans, 1934)

-. See [About maps]

P. n. nesta

Yunnan Potanthus nesta nesta ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

P. n. omeia Lee, 1962

Sichuan Potanthus nesta omeia ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

Potanthus taqini Huang, 2001

SE.Tibet. See [About maps] Potanthus taqini Huang, 2001; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 68, f. 6-7, pl. 1, f. 5, TL: Chayu, Chayu area Tibet, 2200m
Potanthus taqini ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

Potanthus tibetana Huang, 2002

SE.Tibet, Yunnan. See [About maps] Potanthus tibetana Huang, 2002; Atalanta 33 (1/2): 119, pl. II, f. 6, 14, TL: Lower Chayu, Chayu County, SE.Tibet, China
Potanthus tibetana ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

Potanthus upadhana Fruhstorfer, 1911

Java, Lombok. See [About maps]

Potanthus yani Huang, 2002

China (Anhui, Fujian). See [About maps] Potanthus yani Huang, 2002; Atalanta 33 (1/2): 116, pl. II, f. 3, 11, TL: Gu-niu-jiang Nature Reserve, Shitai, S.Anhui, China
Potanthus yani ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

Potanthus fettingi (Möschler, 1878)

Sumatra. See [About maps] Pamphila fettingi Möschler, 1878; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 28 (Abh.) : 219
taxilus (Mabille, [1879])

= ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

?ahrendti Plötz, 1883; Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (4-6): 231
Potanthus fettingi ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

P. f. nikaja (Fruhstorfer, 1911)

Sulawesi fettingi nikaja (Fruhstorfer, 1911) (Telicota); Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 39, TL: Celebes
Potanthus fettingi nikaja ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[BIR]

Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)

[BMP]

Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[BRU]

Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae; Volume 1

[LAMAS-2005]

Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

Some related literature:

Butler, 1879

The butterflies of Malacca Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8) : 533-568, pl. 68-69

de Nicéville, 1897

On new or little-known Butterflies from the Indo- and Austro-Malayan Regions J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 66 Pt.II (3) : 543-577, pl. 1-4

Dyar, 1903

A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 1-723

Eliot, 1960

A new species of Potanthus (Hesperiidae) and some other Butterflies from Malaya Entomologist 93 (1171) : 241-245, 2 figs

Edwards, 1863

Descriptions of certain species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, found within the limits of the United States and British America. (No. 1-3) Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (1): 14-22, pl. 1, 11 (1863), (2): 78-82 (1863), (4): 501-507 (1864)

Edwards, 1866

Descriptions of certain species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and British America. No. 5 Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 6 (4) : 200-208

Elwes & Edwards, 1897

A Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4) : 101-324, pl. 18-27

Evans, 1914

Notes on Indian Butterflies (continued) J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23 (2) : 302-310

Evans, 1932

The Identification of Indian Butterflies (edn. 2) Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): x + 454pp, 9 figs, 32 pls

Evans, 1934

Indo-Australian Hesperiidae: Description of new Genera, Species and Subspecies Entomologist 67 (2): 33-36 (part 1), (3): 61-65 (part 2), (7): 141-151 (part 3), (8): 181-184 (part 4), (9): 206-209 (part 5), (10): 231-234 (part 6)

C. & R. Felder, 1862

Observationes de Lepidoteris nonullis Chinae centralis et Japoniae Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (1): 22-32, (2): 33-40

Fruhstorfer, 1911

Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (2): 9-24 (1 February), (3): 25-40 (1 March), (4): 41-56 (1 April), (5): 57-72 (1 May), (6): 73-79, pl. 1 (1 June)

Godman & Salvin, [1900]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112

Hsu, Tsukiyama & Chiba, 2005

A new species of Potanthus from montane forests in Taiwan providing additional evidence of biotic relationship between the Philippines and the Asian continent (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae; Hesperiinae) Insect Syst. Evol. 36: 173-182

Huang, 2001

Report of H. Huang's 2000 Expedition to SE. Tibet for Rhopalocera Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 65-152

Huang, 2002

Some new Butterflies from China - 2 Atalanta 33 (1/2): 109-122

Huang, 2003

A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongiang, China with descriptions of new species, and revisional notes Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 3-114

de Jong & Treadaway, 1993

The Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines Zool. Verh. 288: 1-139

Mabille, 1878

Descriptions d'Hespérides. Hesperides (9) Petites Nouv. Ent. 2 (198): 237-238

Mabille, 1883

Description d'Hespérides. C. R. Séances Soc. ent. Belg. 3 (31): li-lxxvii

Moore, 1865

List of diurnal Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A.M. Lang in the N. W. Himalayas Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (2) : 486-509, pl. 30-31

Moore, 1881

The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18, (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36, (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54, (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71

Murray, 1875

Notes on Japanese Rhopalocera, with description a new Species Ent. mon. Mag. 12 : 2-4

Möschler, 1878

Neue exotische Hesperidae Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 28 (Abh.) : 203-230

Plötz, 1883

Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (3) & (4) Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 26-64, (4-6): 195-233

Rothschild, 1915

On the Lepidoptera in the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 192-208, (3): 387-402

Rothschild, 1915

On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram (Seran), Buru, Bali, and Misol Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 105-144, (2): 209-227

Scudder, 1872

A systematic Revision of some of the American Butterflies; with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex County, Mass. 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 24-83

Tsukiyama, 1976

On Potanthus miyashitai Gekkan Mushi 62: 23-31

Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003

The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16

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