Potanthus pseudomaesa
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Species: | P. pseudomaesa
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Potanthus pseudomaesa (Moore, 1881)
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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
- ^ Kalesh, S & S K Prakash (2007). "Additions of 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.