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Potanthus omaha

Synonyms: Hesperia omaha; Pamphila maesoides; Telicota luzonensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Potanthus omaha, commonly known as the lesser dart, is a species of skipper butterflies. It is found in Indochina, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Sulawesi. It includes the following subspecies: \n* Potanthus omaha bione Evans, 1949 - endemic to Mindanao, Philippines \n* Potanthus omaha copia (Evans, 1932) \n* Potanthus omaha omaha (Edwards, 1863) \n* Potanthus omaha maesina (Evans, 1934) - occurs mainly in Borneo but also found in the Tawi-tawi, Philippines \n* Potanthus omaha nita (Evans, 1934) - found in Sulawesi, Indonesia; possibly conspecific to P. o. bione.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Citrus medica (citron)[1]

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1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0