Potanthus pava

Potanthus pava,^[1] commonly known as the Pava dart or yellow dart,^[2] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found from southern India^[2] to central China, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Sulawesi, Indonesia.^[3][4]

Pava dart
From Luzon, Philippines
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Potanthus
Species:	P. pava
Binomial name
Potanthus pava (Fruhstorfer, 1911)

References

1. Evans, W. H. (1949). A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum. London: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. p. 384.
2. Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. pp. 62–64. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
3. Rienk de Jong; Colin Guy Treadaway (1993). "The Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 288: 3–125.
4. Savela, Markku. "Potanthus pava (Fruhstorfer, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 3, 2018.