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Hesperioidea
Hesperiidae
Hesperiinae
- Potanthus Scudder, 1872
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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
Potanthus ; [BIR, 479]
Padraona ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 581; [BIR, 479]
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)]
Yunnan
pseudomaesa clio (Evans, 1932); , TL: Dharmsala
Potanthus pseudomaesa clio ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)
Himalayas, Indo-China, Malaysia. See [About maps]
Hesperia dara Kollar, [1844]; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek, 4 (2): 455
Pamphila maesa Moore, 1865; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (2): 509, pl. 30, f. 9
Potanthus dara ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 48 (miss.id.?); [BIR, 480]; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 27]
S.India (hills), Burma - Sumatra, S.China. See [About maps]
Potanthus palnia ; [BIR, 480]; [MRS, 741]
China (Yunnan, Hainan, Guangxi, Fujian), SE.Tibet
Potanthus palnia palnia ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)
Ceylon, India, S.China - S.Thailand. See [About maps]
Potanthus pallidus ; [MRS, 741]
Potanthus pallida ;
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)
Padraona pamela Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (8): 181 (part 4)
Potanthus pamela ; [BMP: 382,pl. 59, f. 13-14]
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]
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)
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)
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)
Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Mindanao, Celebes, Burma. See [About maps]
Hesperia omaha W. H. Edwards, 1863; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (1): 21
Potanthus omaha ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 29]
Lesser Dart
Pamphila maesoides Butler, [1879]; Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 554
Potanthus omaha omaha ; [BMP: 381, pl. 59, f. 24-26]
Ceylon, S.India (hills), Nepal, Sikkim, Assam. 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]
China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, Hubei, Guangdong, Hunan)
Potanthus confucius confucius ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)
Potanthus confucius angustatus ; [MRS: 741]
S.Laos, China (Hainan)
Telicota dushta Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 39 (1 March), TL: Annam
Potanthus confucius dushta ; [BMP: 382, pl. 59, f. 27-29]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)
SC.Tibet
Potantus mara mara ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)
-. See [About maps]
Telicota pava Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 40 (1 March)
Potanthus pavus ; [MRS, 742]
Potanthus pava ; [BMP: 381, pl. 59, f. 39]
China (Fujian, Hubei)
Potanthus pava pava ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)
W.China - Malay Peninsula. See [About maps]
Padraona lydia Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (8): 184 (part 4)
Potanthus lydius ; [MRS, 742]
Potanthus lydia ; [BMP]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 38 (note)
Padraona fraseri Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (8): 184 (part 4)
Potanthus lydia fraseri ; [BMP: 382, pl. 59, f. 36-38]
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
Taiwan
Potanthus motzui ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 38 (note)
Philippines, Java, Assam, Bura, Indochina. See [About maps]
Hesperia mingo Edwards, 1866; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 6 (4): 207, TL: "W.Virginia"? [error, = Philippines]
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)
-. See [About maps]
Telicota ganda Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 38 (1 March)
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 chloe Eliot, 1960; Entomologist 93 (12): 244
Potanthus chloe ; [BMP: 381, pl. 59, f. 21-23]
Amur - Japan, Thailand, Philippines, China (Jilin, Hebei, Shandong, Hunan, Fujian, Yunnan). See [About maps]
Pamphila flava Murray, 1875; Ent. mon. Mag. 12 (1): 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]
Padraona alcon Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 403, no. 11
Potanthus flavus alcon ; [BMP: 381, pl. 59, f. 43]
Burma - Malaya, Philippines, Celebes. See [About maps]
Pamphila hetaerus Mabille, 1883; C. R. Séances Soc. ent. Belg. 3 (31): LXXII
Potanthus serina hetaeru ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 28]
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]
Timor, Sumba, Oinanaisa. See [About maps]
Potanthus amor ; [NEN51]
Taiwan
Potanthus matzui ; [NEN51]
-. See [About maps]
Yunnan
Potanthus nesta nesta ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)
Sichuan
Potanthus nesta omeia ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)
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)
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)
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)
Unknown taxa
Padraona ino Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 402, no. I.90.10G
Hesperia tropica Plötz, 1883; [REFa]
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- References:
- [About maps]
- Warning! The maps are automaticly 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
- Some related literature:
- Butler, [1879]
- The butterflies of Malacca
Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 533-568, pl. 68, 69
- Dyar, 1903
- A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects
Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: xix, 723pp
- Eliot, 1960
- A new species of Potanthus (Hesperiidae) and some other Butterflies from Malaya
Entomologist 93 (12): 241-245, 2 figs
- W. H. Edwards, 1863
- Descriptions of certain species of diurnal Lepidoptera, found within the limits of the United States and British America. (1)
Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (1): 14-22, pl. 1
- Edwards, 1866
- Descriptions of certain species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and British America. (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, pls. 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. (1)
Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (1): 22-32
- 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
- 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
- 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, pls. 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 (1): 2-4
- Plötz, 1883
- Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (3) & (4)
Stett. ent. Ztg 44
(1-3): 26-64,
(4-6): 195-233
- 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
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