# Potanthus

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{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}}
{{For|the moths sometimes known as "darts"|Noctuidae}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Automatic_taxobox 
| name = Darts
| image = Potanthus serina - Large Dart.jpg
| image_caption = The large dart (''[Potanthus serina](/source/Potanthus_serina)'') from [Luzon](/source/Luzon), [Philippines](/source/Philippines)
| taxon = Potanthus
| authority = [Scudder](/source/Samuel_Hubbard_Scudder), 1872
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="sav">{{cite web|url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/potanthus/index.html|title=''Potanthus'' Scudder, 1872|author=Markku Savela|publisher=Lepidoptera and some other life forms|accessdate=August 6, 2012}}</ref>
| synonyms =
*''Padraona'' <small>Moore, 1882</small>
*''Inessa'' <small> de Nicéville, 1897</small>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| display_parents = 2
}}

'''''Potanthus''''' is a large [genus](/source/genus) of [skipper butterflies](/source/skipper_butterflies). They are commonly known as '''darts'''. They are found from [South Asia](/source/South_Asia) to [East Asia](/source/East_Asia), and down to [maritime Southeast Asia](/source/maritime_Southeast_Asia) (though not extending towards [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea)). It includes about 35 species, all of which look very similar to each other and are often only reliably identifiable through the examination of the male [genitalia](/source/genitalia).<ref name="jong"/>

''Potanthus'' species are sun-loving [diurnal](/source/Diurnality) flyers. They are usually found in [primary](/source/primary_forest) and [secondary forests](/source/secondary_forests), as well as in partly cleared areas, [grassland](/source/grassland)s, and near small villages. Occasionally they may be found in [swamp](/source/swamp)s and [mangrove forest](/source/mangrove_forest)s.<ref name="jong">{{cite journal|author=Rienk de Jong & Colin Guy Treadaway |year=1993|title=The Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines|journal=Zoologische Verhandelingen|volume=288|pages=3&ndash;125|url=https://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/148859}}</ref><ref name="sav"/> The larvae feed on ''[Bambusa](/source/Bambusa)'' (bamboo) and ''[Dendrocalamus](/source/Dendrocalamus)'' (both Gramineae). It includes the following species:

:*''[Potanthus amor](/source/Potanthus_amor)'' <small>Evans, 1932</small> - [Timor](/source/Timor), [Sumba](/source/Sumba), and [Oinanaisa](/source/Oinanaisa)
:*''[Potanthus chloe](/source/Potanthus_chloe)'' <small>Eliot, 1960</small> - endemic to Malaysia
:*''[Potanthus confucius](/source/Potanthus_confucius)'' (Chinese dart or Confucian dart)
:*''[Potanthus dara](/source/Potanthus_dara)'' <small>(Kollar, 1845)</small> - Himalayas, Indo-China, Malaysia
:*''[Potanthus diffusus](/source/Potanthus_diffusus)'' <small>Hsu, Tsukiyama & Chiba, 2005</small> - endemic to Taiwan
:*''[Potanthus fettingi](/source/Potanthus_fettingi)'' <small>(Möschler, 1878)</small> - Sundaland, Sulawesi, and the Philippines
:*''[Potanthus flavus](/source/Potanthus_flavus)'' <small>(Murray, 1875)</small> - [Amur](/source/Amur_Oblast) to [Japan](/source/Japan), China, the Philippines, and [Thailand](/source/Thailand)
:*''[Potanthus juno](/source/Potanthus_juno)'' <small>(Evans, 1932)</small> - [Assam](/source/Assam) to the Malay Peninsula, [Zhejiang](/source/Zhejiang)
:*''[Potanthus ganda](/source/Potanthus_ganda)'' <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1911)</small> - Assam, Indochina, southern China, [Sundaland](/source/Sundaland), and [Calamian](/source/Calamian), [Palawan](/source/Palawan)
:*''[Potanthus hetaerus](/source/Potanthus_hetaerus)'' <small>(Mabille, 1883)</small> - the Philippines, and Sulawesi
:*''[Potanthus ilion](/source/Potanthus_ilion)'' <small>(de Nicéville, 1897)</small> - endemic to [Lombok](/source/Lombok)
:*''[Potanthus lydia](/source/Potanthus_lydia)'' <small>(Evans, 1934)</small> - western China to the Malay Peninsula
:*''[Potanthus mara](/source/Potanthus_mara)'' <small>(Evans, 1932)</small> (Sikkim dart) - endemic to Tibet
:*''[Potanthus motzui](/source/Potanthus_motzui)'' <small>Hsu, Li & Li, 1990</small> - endemic to Taiwan
:*''[Potanthus mingo](/source/Potanthus_mingo)'' <small>(Edwards, 1866)</small> - the Philippines, Java, Assam, Burma, Indochina, and Yunnan
:*''[Potanthus miyashitai](/source/Potanthus_miyashitai)'' <small>Fujioka & Tsukiyama, 1975</small> China, Japan
:*''[Potanthus nesta](/source/Potanthus_nesta)'' <small>(Evans, 1934)</small> - [Yunnan](/source/Yunnan) and [Sichuan](/source/Sichuan), China
:*''[Potanthus niobe](/source/Potanthus_niobe)'' <small>(Evans, 1934)</small> - endemic to the Philippines
:*''[Potanthus omaha](/source/Potanthus_omaha)'' <small>(Edwards, 1863)</small> - Burma to Indochina, [Tawi-Tawi](/source/Tawi-Tawi) and [Mindanao](/source/Mindanao) in the [Philippines](/source/Philippines), [Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi) and [Sumbawa](/source/Sumbawa)
:*''[Potanthus pallida](/source/Potanthus_pallida)'' <small>(Evans, 1932)</small> (pallid dart) - Sri Lanka, India, southern China, and southern Thailand
:*''[Potanthus palnia](/source/Potanthus_palnia)'' <small>(Evans, 1914)</small> (Palni dart) - the [Palni Hills](/source/Palni_Hills) of southern India, Burma to Sumatra, southeastern Tibet and China
:*''[Potanthus pamela](/source/Potanthus_pamela)'' <small>(Evans, 1934)</small> Thailand, Peninsular Malaya,Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo, Sulawesi ?
:*''[Potanthus parvus](/source/Potanthus_parvus)'' <small>Johnson & Johnson, 1980</small> Indochina
:*''[Potanthus pava](/source/Potanthus_pava)'' <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1911)</small> (Pava dart) - Taiwan, India, Indochina, Malay Peninsula, Philippines, and Sulawesi
:*''[Potanthus pseudomaesa](/source/Potanthus_pseudomaesa)'' <small>(Moore, 1882)</small>(Indian dart) - lower Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Yunnan
:*''[Potanthus rectifasciata](/source/Potanthus_rectifasciata)'' <small>(Elwes & Edwards, 1897)</small> (branded dart) - [Sikkim](/source/Sikkim) to the [Malay Peninsula](/source/Malay_Peninsula), [Yunnan](/source/Yunnan)
:*''[Potanthus riefenstahli](/source/Potanthus_riefenstahli)'' <small>Huang, 2003</small> - Yunnan
:*''[Potanthus serina](/source/Potanthus_serina)'' <small>Plötz, 1883)</small> (large dart) - Burma to Indochina, the Philippines
:*''[Potanthus sita](/source/Potanthus_sita)'' <small>(Evans, 1932)</small> Sikkim
:*''[Potanthus taqini](/source/Potanthus_taqini)'' <small>Huang, 2001</small> - endemic to Tibet
:*''[Potanthus tibetana](/source/Potanthus_tibetana)'' <small>Huang, 2002</small> - Tibet and Yunnan
:*''[Potanthus trachala](/source/Potanthus_trachala)'' <small>(Mabille, 1878)</small> - India, Indochina, Malaysia, and southern China
:*''[Potanthus upadhana](/source/Potanthus_upadhana)'' <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1911)</small> - [Java](/source/Java), [Lombok](/source/Lombok)
:*''[Potanthus wilemanni](/source/Potanthus_wilemanni)'' <small>(Evans, 1934)</small>  - Taiwan
:*''[Potanthus yani](/source/Potanthus_yani)'' <small>Huang, 2002</small>  - China

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Potanthus_pseudomaesa,_Kerala,_India_2009-10-18.jpg|The Indian dart (''[Potanthus pseudomaesa](/source/Potanthus_pseudomaesa)'') from [Kerala](/source/Kerala), [India](/source/India)
File:Potanthus flavus1.jpg|''[Potanthus flavus](/source/Potanthus_flavus)'' from [Japan](/source/Japan)
File:Potanthus niobe - Philippines (1).jpg|''[Potanthus niobe](/source/Potanthus_niobe)'' from [Mindanao](/source/Mindanao), Philippines
File:Lesser Dart Potanthus omaha omaha. DSCF6561 (14). Singapore.JPG|''[Potanthus omaha](/source/Potanthus_omaha)'' from [Singapore](/source/Singapore)
File:Potanthus pava - Luzon, Philippines.jpg|''[Potanthus pava](/source/Potanthus_pava)'' from [Luzon](/source/Luzon), Philippines
</gallery>

==References==
{{commons category|Potanthus|''Potanthus''}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=26266 Images representing ''Potanthus'']  at  [Consortium for the Barcode of Life](/source/Consortium_for_the_Barcode_of_Life)
*[http://eol.org/pages/20265/media Images representing ''Potanthus''] at [Encyclopedia of Life](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Life)

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Category:Potanthus
Category:Skipper (butterfly) genera
Category:Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder
Category:Taxa described in 1872
Category:Butterflies of Indonesia

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