Potanthus flavus Murray, 1875

Japanese name: キマダラセセリ

English common names are not assigned automatically on this site. Scientific names are used as the primary identifier when available, and Japanese names are shown only as local reference names.

Overview

Scientific name: Potanthus flavus Murray, 1875
Japanese name: キマダラセセリ
Group: Butterfly
Family: Hesperiidae (セセリチョウ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 5
Adult season: 7月、8月中旬、9月

Summary

Potanthus flavus Murray, 1875 is documented here as a butterfly associated with plants recorded in Japan.

The scientific name is used as the primary identifier because a stable English common name is not always available for Japanese taxa.

Family: Hesperiidae (セセリチョウ科).

Adult season in the source dataset: 7月、8月中旬、9月.

Recorded larval host plants

Miscanthus sinensis
Japanese name: ススキ
Phragmites australis
Japanese name: ヨシ
Imperata cylindrica var. koenigii
Japanese name: チガヤ
Pleioblastus simonii
Japanese name: メダケ
Digitaria ciliaris
Japanese name: メヒシバ

Original source note

7月、8月中旬、9月