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Potanthus confucius dushta.jpg

Potanthus confucius dushta  (Fruhstorfer, 1911)

Confucian Dart

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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
​Genus: Potanthus
Species: confucius
Subspecies: ​dushta

  • Common name: Confucian Dart
  • Thai name: ผีเสื้อหนอนหญ้าจีน
  • Distribution: Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, W. Malaysia, Sumatra, Banka.
  • Image locations: Chonburi (Pattaya), Nakhon Si Thammarat
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Potanthus confucius dushta from Thailand.
Confucian Dart, Potanthus confucius dushta.jpg
Potanthus confucius dushta (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Pattaya Chonburi June
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Potanthus confucius dushta (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Nakhon Si Thammarat
Potanthus confucius dushta Chiang Dao Feb 2017.jpg
Potanthus confucius dushta (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai, Feb 2017
Potanthus confucius dushta Songkhla Hat Yai Feb 2017.jpg
Potanthus confucius dushta (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Songkhla, Hat Yai, Feb 2017

References: 
​A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM - Y.Inayoshi.
​Thai Butterflies
Wingscales
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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