''Potanthus omaha'', commonly known as the lesser dart, is a
species of
skipper butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
. It is found in Australia,
Indochina, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, India and
Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
. It includes the following subspecies:
:*''Potanthus omaha bione''
Evans, 1949 - endemic to
Mindanao, Philippines
:*''Potanthus omaha copia''
(Evans, 1932)
:*''Potanthus omaha omaha''
(H. Edwards, 1863)
:*''Potanthus omaha maesina''
(Evans, 1934) - occurs mainly in
Borneo but also found in the
Tawi-tawi, Philippines
:*''Potanthus omaha nita''
(Evans, 1934) - found in
Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
, Indonesia; possibly conspecific to ''P. o. bione''.
References
Potanthus
Butterflies described in 1863
Butterflies of Singapore
Butterflies of Indochina
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