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Potanthus palnia

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ7234672 ↗
Source-derived summary

Potanthus palnia, commonly known as the Palni dart, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in India and Indochina.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Potanthus palnia” as species of insect. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Potanthus, palnia and species.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 21-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Potanthus, palnia and species providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Potanthus palnia”, the useful work is to connect “species of insect” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7234672. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Potanthus palnia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.