Number: 109
Family: Hesperiidae
Sub-Family: Hesperiinae
Sub-Family: Hesperiinae
Species: Potanthus sp.
Common name(s): Dart sp.
Photography location: Tam Dao foothills (Vinh Phuc Prov.)
Potanthus is a large genus of ca 35 mostly very similarly
looking species, occurring throughout the Oriental Region, extending north
through China to Korea, the Amur region and Japan, and east to the Moluccas,
apparently not reaching New Guinea.
Potanthus species are notoriously difficult to identify with certainty. Although it may be possible to identify most fresh specimens by external characters only, the differences are usually subtle and slightly worn specimens may prove to be unidentifiable without the help of the male genitalia.
Fifteen Potanthus species are listed by Devyatkin & Monastyrskii (2016) from Vietnam viz rectifasciata, pallida, trachala, juno, omaha, confucius, mara, nesta, mingo, pava, lydia, ganda, serina, tibetana and palnia.
Below some shots of the same specimen, from Tam Dao:
Potanthus species are notoriously difficult to identify with certainty. Although it may be possible to identify most fresh specimens by external characters only, the differences are usually subtle and slightly worn specimens may prove to be unidentifiable without the help of the male genitalia.
Fifteen Potanthus species are listed by Devyatkin & Monastyrskii (2016) from Vietnam viz rectifasciata, pallida, trachala, juno, omaha, confucius, mara, nesta, mingo, pava, lydia, ganda, serina, tibetana and palnia.
Below some shots of the same specimen, from Tam Dao:
Within the genus Potanthus, the species-level identification
is based largely on structures of the male genitalia. Hence, species
cannot be
identified easily based on external traits such as wing patterns.
Identification keys provided by “experts” on the internet should be used
with great caution!
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