Potanthus niobe: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Potanthus
- Species
- Potanthus niobe
- Scientific Name
- Potanthus niobe
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Potanthus niobe
Potanthus niobe is a species of skipper butterflies endemic to the Philippines. It contains two subspecies:
- Potanthus niobe niobe (Evans, 1934) - found in Mindanao. Underside of hindwing is dark brown with an overshadowing of yellow scales. The discal spots are yellow with dark veins.
- Potanthus niobe hyugai de Jong & Treadaway, 1993 - found in Visayas and Luzon. Underside of hindwing is a warm reddish brown with orange-yellow discal spots and the veins outlined in a lighter shade.
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Potanthus cato
- Potanthus confucius
- Potanthus dara
- Potanthus diffusus
- Potanthus fettingi
- Potanthus flavus
- Potanthus ganda
- Potanthus hetaerus
- Potanthus juno
- Potanthus lydia
- Potanthus mara
- Potanthus mingo
- Potanthus motzui
- Potanthus nesta
- Potanthus niobe
- Potanthus omaha
- Potanthus pallida
- Potanthus palnia
- Potanthus pamela
- Potanthus parvus
- Potanthus pava
- Potanthus pseudomaesa
- Potanthus purpura
- Potanthus rectifasciata
- Potanthus satra
- Potanthus serina
- Potanthus sita
- Potanthus taxilus
- Potanthus trachala
- Potanthus wilemanni