Potamanaxas thestia

Potamanaxas thestia, the thestia skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama[2] and Ecuador.

Potamanaxas thestia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Potamanaxas
Species:
P. thestia
Binomial name
Potamanaxas thestia
(Hewitson, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
  • Leucochitonea thestia Hewitson, 1870
  • Potomanaxas thestia cranda Evans, 1953

Subspecies
  • Potamanaxas thestia thestia (Ecuador)
  • Potamanaxas thestia cranda Evans, 1953 (Costa Rica, Panama)

References
  1. Potamanaxas at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Potamanaxas thestia cranda at Butterflies of America


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