Indian dart | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Potanthus |
Species: | P. pseudomaesa
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Binomial name | |
Potanthus pseudomaesa (Moore, 1881)
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Potanthus pseudomaesa,[1][2] commonly known as the Indian dart,[3][4] is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. Iit is found in India and Sri Lanka.[3][4] The larvae are known to feed on Axonopus compressus.[5]