Potamanaxas thestia

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

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

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
  • Media related to Potamanaxas thestia at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Potamanaxas thestia at Wikispecies